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Tree of life

Christmas exhibition

22. November 2024 – 12. January 2025

Twelve thousand items

The beginnings of the European collection

26. April 2024 – 27. April 2025

Ears on the move

31. January – 21. April 2024

Silent Night?

17. November 2023 – 7. January 2024

At night

awake or dreaming

28. April 2023 – 19. January 2025

Season’s Greetings!

Christmas and New Year Cards

18. November 2022 – 8. January 2023

Fragments

pots, patchworks, power figures

29. April 2022 – 22. January 2023

Snow

Christmas Exhibition

19. November 2021 – 9. January 2022

animalistic!

No Culture Without Animals

27. August 2021 – 14. May 2023

Extractive Zones

2. July – 17. October 2021

Making the World

Lived Worlds

26. March 2021 – 23. January 2022

Enlightened

The Realm of the Buddhas

20. November 2020 – 21. January 2024

Mother and Child

22. November 2019 – 5. January 2020

Bima, Mr Punch, and Demon

23. August 2019 – 16. August 2020

Art Basel Parcours

Installation

10. – 16. June 2019

Thirst for Knowledge meets Collecting Mania

22. March 2019 – 22. November 2020

Take Your Pick

125 objects for 125 years

14. September 2018 – 6. January 2019

Secrecy

Who’s allowed to know what

13. April 2018 – 21. April 2019

The Star of Bethlehem

17. November 2017 – 7. January 2018

Animachina

21. – 24. September 2017

Sun, Moon and Stars

18. August 2017 – 20. January 2019

Art Basel Parcours

Installation im Hedi Keller-Saal

12. – 18. June 2017

Migration

Moving the World

19. May 2017 – 21. January 2018

FROM CINNAMON TO STAR

Heavenly fragrances from all corners of the world

18. November 2016 – 8. January 2017

Striking Patterns

Global Traces in local Ikat Fashion Design

21. October 2016 – 26. March 2017

In the Land of Plenty!

Graduation Exhibition of the HyperWerk Institute

17. – 25. September 2016

BIG

Things Interpretations Dimensions

1. July 2016 – 11. April 2021

Art Parcours

Installation und Performance im Museum

13. – 19. June 2016

Staying in Line

Single objects in series

29. April 2016 – 28. May 2017

What the future holds

Coming of age in Zurich, Ouagadougou and Bamako

10. April – 5. June 2016

Donkey Carts & Oranges

Sicilian Folk Culture

20. November 2015 – 17. January 2016

Tallies, Pots and Costumes

Collecting and Showcasing Europe

20. November 2015 – 4. September 2016

Shadowplaymachines

The Story of an unknown Alchemist

16. – 20. September 2015

Hermès Editeur

Variations autour de La Longue Marche von Julio Le Parc

16. – 28. June 2015

Mission possible?

Die Sammlung der Basler Mission - Spiegel kultureller Begegnungen

22. May – 4. October 2015

Holbein. Cranach. Grünewald

Meisterwerke aus dem Kunstmuseum Basel - zu Gast im MKB

11. April 2015 – 28. February 2016

Opium

20. March 2015 – 24. January 2016

Traurige Weihnachten

14. November 2014 – 11. January 2015

StrawGold

Cultural Transformations Rendered Visible

25. October 2014 – 19. January 2020

Homelands

12. September – 26. October 2014

From Patchwork to Enlightenment

The Buddhist Monk's Robe

22. August 2014 – 22. March 2015

The Parrot's Chest

Folk Art of Latin America

16. May 2014 – 18. January 2015

Semiwild

or unlimited desire

28. March – 7. September 2014

Angels

Winged Beings between Heaven and Earth

22. November 2013 – 5. January 2014

Make-up

shaped for life?

27. September 2013 – 6. July 2014

Wir sind Kultur!

Bist du Klischée, oder was?! Zu welcher Jugendkultur gehörst du?

30. August – 15. September 2013

POPCAP '13

6. – 23. June 2013

What next?

Insurrection of Things in the Amazon

22. March 2013 – 30. March 2014

Give & Take

The Economy of the Divine

2. February 2013 – 19. January 2014

Christmas Gifts

Blessing or Burden?

16. November 2012 – 13. January 2013

Upstream

Prospects Through Design

16. – 23. September 2012

Pilgrimage

Rediscovering slow travel

14. September 2012 – 21. July 2013

Expeditions

The world in a suitcase

29. June 2012 – 10. April 2016

Hermès Editeu

Couleurs de l'Ombre

12. – 21. June 2012

Iridescent Everyday Wear

Indigo, Luster and Pleats

26. April 2012 – 20. January 2013

Suspended

The lightness of stones

26. April – 15. July 2012

BUON NATALE!

Kleine Welten in der italienischen Weihnachtskrippe

24. November 2011 – 8. January 2012

Intrinsic Perspectives

Inspiring Aspects of Anthropology

7. September 2011 – 3. February 2013

Chinatown

7. September 2011 – 6. May 2012

On Stage

The Art of Beijing Opera

7. September 2011 – 4. March 2012
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