Cartoon & Caricature Museum

The magic of the back courtyards of Basel includes, besides the well-known apartment building on Hebelstrasse, the Museum of Satirical Drawing. Compared to the Renaissance cabinet in the courtyard of Hebelstrasse, the museum feels the influence of modern Japan (two small houses connected by a bridge) with a traditional Swiss shell (colorfulness, roof tiles).
The museum aims to present the world of cartoon humor. I also find it humorous that while a lifelong exhibition of Dieter Roth is taking place at Schaulager®, in this museum the contemporary world is ridiculed by Arnold Roth.

• The foundation of Basel patron Dieter Buckhardt (1914-91) was established in 1980.
• In Switzerland, it is the only and the largest institution of its kind in the world.
• The collection consists of 3000 cartoons by more than 700 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries from 40 countries.
• 2-3 thematic or monographic exhibitions are held here annually.
• It contains a library with over 5000 volumes. Accessible for free during opening hours.
• An architectural attraction - a synthesis of the original Gothic structure with a simple and lightweight modern addition.