Access to the collection database

Onlinecollection.mkb.ch offers access to the Museum der Kulturen Basel’s collection database, allowing users to research objects online.

All objects are recorded in the collection database. The MKB grants access to the database via onlinecollection.mkb.ch.

The collection database contains unedited data and notes from all periods of the museum’s history. During cataloguing as well as during transcription to the database, errors, inconsistencies, omissions occurred inevitably. To this day, differing scientific interests and emphases are reflected in the entries.

Contents, geographical ascriptions, and terms used are constantly being revised on the basis of ongoing research. However, this process will certainly take some time. Please note that many designations have been identified as faulty, outdated or as racist abuse since the inventories' original conception.

By far not all objects held in the collections have been photographed. Where there is no photograph of an object, we have often included the respective file card. The pictures include field and work photos as well as professional images. Regarding photographs of culturally sensitive objects, we have done our best to remove them from the lists.

This dataset is published under the licence CC BY 4.0. The contained data may be used but they must bear the reference "Museum der Kulturen Basel".