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Museum Tinguely: Exterior · Jubiläumsaktion "MPM-Days" in Basel, 18
1/6 · Exterior · Jubiläumsaktion "MPM-Days" in Basel, 18Photo: Ahmet Düz, Dreiländer- & Oberrheinfotograf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Museum Tinguely: Exterior · Darren Roshier Performance How Can This Performance (Really) Defeat Capitalism?
2/6 · Exterior · Darren Roshier Performance How Can This Performance (Really) Defeat Capitalism?Photo: Markus Goessi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Museum Tinguely: Exterior · Darren Roshier Performance How Can This Performance (Really) Defeat Capitalism?
3/6 · Exterior · Darren Roshier Performance How Can This Performance (Really) Defeat Capitalism?Photo: Markus Goessi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Museum Tinguely: Exterior · Roland Wetzel, Museum Tinguely, Basel - 2026
4/6 · Exterior · Roland Wetzel, Museum Tinguely, Basel - 2026Photo: Rudolf H. Boettcher · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Museum Tinguely: Interior · Jubiläumsaktion "MPM-Days" in Basel, 18
5/6 · Interior · Jubiläumsaktion "MPM-Days" in Basel, 18Photo: Ahmet Düz, Dreiländer- & Oberrheinfotograf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Museum Tinguely: Detail · Sculpture Dickfigur Beteigeuze in front of the Tinguely-Museum Basel , Switzerland
6/6 · Detail · Sculpture Dickfigur Beteigeuze in front of the Tinguely-Museum Basel , SwitzerlandPhoto: Photo: Wattewyl ; Sculpture: Bernhard Luginbühl · CC BY 3.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Jubiläumsaktion "MPM-Days" in Basel, 18Photo 2: Exterior · Darren Roshier Performance How Can This Performance (Really) Defeat Capitalism?Photo 3: Exterior · Darren Roshier Performance How Can This Performance (Really) Defeat Capitalism?Photo 4: Exterior · Roland Wetzel, Museum Tinguely, Basel - 2026Photo 5: Interior · Jubiläumsaktion "MPM-Days" in Basel, 18Photo 6: Detail · Sculpture Dickfigur Beteigeuze in front of the Tinguely-Museum Basel , Switzerland

Museum · Postmodernism

Museum Tinguely

Mario Botta · Basel, Switzerland · 1996

Key featuresA pink sandstone block with a glazed walkway, the 'Barca', running along the Rhine into the galleries.

Architect
Mario Botta
Place
Basel, Switzerland
Year
1996
Typology
Museum
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
Europe
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