Event
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes. Open from 6 pm, free admission.

Event
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes. Open from 6 pm, free admission.

Symposium
Saturday, 16 March 2024, 9:30 am-6 pm

Symposium À bruit secret + Les témoins oculistes

Interdisciplinary symposium on the sense of hearing and sight
As part of the series of exhibitions dedicated to the human senses in art, Museum Tinguely is organising in Basel another public conference with experts from various disciplines.

Symposium
Friday, 15 March 2024, 9:15 am-6 pm

Symposium À bruit secret + Les témoins oculistes

Interdisciplinary symposium on the sense of hearing and sight
As part of the series of exhibitions dedicated to the human senses in art, Museum Tinguely is organising in Basel another public conference with experts from various disciplines.

Symposium
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 4:30 pm-8:30 pm

Symposium À bruit secret + Les témoins oculistes

Interdisciplinary symposium on the sense of hearing and sight
As part of the series of exhibitions dedicated to the human senses in art, Museum Tinguely is organising in Basel another public conference with experts from various disciplines.

Event
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 7:30 -9 pm

Klub der Klugscheisser

Free admission, no booking required, in German, at the Museumsbistro «Chez Jeannot»

guided tour
Sunday, 3 March 2024, 1:30 pm

Guided tour with machTheater

A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, max. 20 people

 

Event
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes. Open from 6 pm, free admission.

guided tour
Sunday, 25 February 2024, 1:30 pm

Guided tour with machTheater

A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, max. 20 people

 

guided tour
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 1:30 pm

Guided tour with machTheater

A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, max. 20 people

 

Opening

Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 6:30 pm

Opening Otto Piene

Museum Tinguely cordially invites you to the opening of the new exhibition Otto Piene: Paths to Paradise from 6:30 pm onwards. 
Free admission.

Event
Thursday, 25 January 2024, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes. Open from 6 pm, free admission.

Talk

Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 6:30 pm

Reality Machine 4

Decade without borders
The journalist Jens Balzer in conversation with Boris Nikitin about the nineties, reality TV and the revolution of performance.
Free admission, no registration, in German

Talk
Wednesday, 10 January 2024, 6:30 pm

Reality Machine 3

Lecture by Sebastian Baden
In his lecture on the conceptual history of the «Mindbombs», Sebastian Baden presents aspects of a visual culture of political violence in the context of terrorist media events.
Free admission, no registration

Talk
Wednesday, 20 December 2023, 6:30 pm

Reality Machine 2

Imitations of Life
Boris Nikitin talks with curator and author Florian Malzacher about emancipatory forgeries, radical vulnerability, reality-tv and their book Das Gegenteil der Dinge.
Free admission, no registration, in German

Event
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes. Open from 6 pm, free admission.

Talk
Monday, 11 December 2023, 6-8 pm

Sonic Space Basel @Tinguely

The Witness Listening to Our Imperiled Planet
Conversation, Multimedia Installation and Performance by students of the Hochschule für Musik Basel FHNW and guests
Costs: Free admission

special

Sunday, 10 December 2023, 11:30 am - 5 pm

Family Sunday

Drop-in workshop on the occasion of the exhibitions Temitayo Ogunbiyi und Delphine Reist.
Costs: museum admission, no booking required
Family Sundays are inclusive events

Talk
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 6:30 pm

Reality Machine 1

The Planetary Test-bed: Big Data, AI, and the Future of Human Life
Lecture by Orit Halpern
Free admission, no booking required, in English

guided tour
Sunday, 3 December 2023, 1:30 pm

POSTPONED | Guided tour with machTheater

The tour will be postponed to February, the exact date will be announced later
A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.

 

Concert
Friday, 24 November 2023, 4-6 pm

Roche 'n' Jazz | The mastery of Lionel Loueke

Lionel Loueke and students of the Hochschule für Musik Basel, Institut Jazz, FHNW
in cooperation with the bird's eye jazz club, Culturescapes 2023 Sahara and the Hochschule für Musik Basel, Institut Jazz, FHNW
Costs: museum admission

guided tour
Sunday, 19 November 2023, 1:30 pm

Guided tour with machTheater

A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, max. 20 people

 

Special
Sunday, 19 November 2023, 11:30 am - 5:30pm

Inclusion Day | Hearing

On Inclusion Day, Museum Tinguely is all about signs. Discover various activities related to the topic of hearing, such as a crash course in sign language or how to communicate without words.
Costs: museum admission, on this day admission is free for IV recipients, in German and German sign language

guided tour
Sunday, 12 November 2023, 1:30 pm

Guided tour with machTheater

A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, max. 20 people

 

guided tour
Sunday, 5 November 2023, 1:30 pm

Guided tour with machTheater

A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, max. 20 people

 

guided tour
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 1:30 pm

Guided tour with machTheater

A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, max. 20 people

 
Thursday, 2 November 2023, 18:30

Book Launch
Kleine Basler Kunstgeschichte

The publishing house Christoph Merian Verlag presents its new publication.
Followed by an Apéro and free admission to the current exhibitions.

guided tour
Sunday, 29 October 2023, 3-4:30 pm

Public guided tour in sign language

Lua Leirner leads through the exhibition Temitayo Ogunbiyi. You will follow the Rhein and compose play.

Museum admission is free of charge for participants of the guided tour, no booking required.

guided tour
Sunday, 22 October 2023, 1:30 pm

Guided tour with machTheater

A guided tour through the collection Jean Tinguely from a different perspective with the actors of machTheater.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, max. 20 people

 

Event
Thursday, 19 October 2023, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes with DJ Alice Hänsenberger. Open from 6 pm, free admission.

Concert
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 7:30 pm

Sonic Space Basel @Tinguely

Christian Diersteins and the students of his percussion class musically interpret Temitayo Ogunbiyi’s installation.
Free admission

Performance
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 9 pm

BOT - Klap/Crash

Balancing on the fine line between music and theater, BOT captivates its audience with straightforward performance, homemade musical contraptions, raw visual poetry and fragile, warm-hearted songs - a visual and musical adventure.

Performance
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 8:15 pm

BOT - Klap/Crash

Balancing on the fine line between music and theater, BOT captivates its audience with straightforward performance, homemade musical contraptions, raw visual poetry and fragile, warm-hearted songs - a visual and musical adventure.

guided tour
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 3-4:30 pm

Public guided tour in sign language

Lua Leirner leads through the permanent exhibition La roue = c'est tout.
Museum admission is free of charge for participants of the guided tour, no booking required.

Workshop
Sunday, 10 September 2023, 11:30 am - 5 pm

Family Sunday

Costs: museum admission, no booking required
Drop-in workshop
Family Sundays are inclusive events

Event
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes in Solitude Park. Starts at 6 pm, free admission.

Special
Saturday, 17 June 2023, 9:30-10 pm

Finally Saturday

Performance Tinguely Maneuver 2.0 by Nino Baumgartner as part of «Finally Saturday», the art happening during Art Basel at Theaterplatz.

Event
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 6-10.30 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes. Open from 6 pm, free admission.

Opening

Sunday, 21 May 2023, 11 am - 2 pm

Opening matinee Temitayo Ogunbiyi

Museum Tinguely cordially invites you to the opening matinee of the Playground installation by Temitayo Ogunbiyi from 11 am onwards in Solitude Park. 
Free admission.

guided tour
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 7 pm

Cancelled: Tinguely Trip

With actor Simon Grossenbacher 
The tour approaches the legendary Jean Tinguely through the back door. We dive into his mindset and rummage through his fascination and drive. And we also reveal the downsides of genius. Scandals, seemingly unimportant details and abandoned sufferers come to light. Costs: museum admission, booking required, duration approx. 75 minutes, in Swiss German

guided tour
Sunday, 23 April 2023, 3-4 pm

Guided tour in sign language

Lua Leirner leads through the exhibition À bruit secret.
Museum admission is free of charge for participants of the guided tour, no booking required.

special event
Sunday, 23 April 2023, 11:30 am-5 pm

Family Sunday

Costs: museum admission, no booking required
Drop-in workshop, Family Sundays are inclusive events

guided tour
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 4 pm

Tinguely Trip with the actor Simon Grossenbacher

The tour approaches the legendary Jean Tinguely through the back door. We dive into his mindset and rummage through his fascination and drive. And we also reveal the downsides of genius. Scandals, seemingly unimportant details and abandoned sufferers come to light.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, duration approx. 75 minutes, in Swiss German

Opening

Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 6:30 pm

Opening Roger Ballen

Museum Tinguely cordially invites you to the opening of the new exhibition Roger Ballen from 6:30 pm onwards. 
Free admission.

Event
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Enjoy drinks and tunes from DJ Alice Hänsenberger.
8 – 8.30 pm: Alexander Tillegreen live in concert
Free admission

Guided Tour
Sunday, 9 April 2023, 3-4:30 pm

«Electrical Walks Basel» by Christina Kubisch

Guided walk from the series Electrical Walks Basel by Christina Kubisch from Museum Tinguely to the city centre
Costs: museum admission, booking required, in German, meeting point: info desk at Museum Tinguely

Guided Tour
Sunday, 26 March 2023, 1:30 -3 pm

«Electrical Walks Basel» by Christina Kubisch

Guided walk from the series Electrical Walks Basel by Christina Kubisch from Museum Tinguely to the city centre
Costs: museum admission, booking required, in German, meeting point: info desk at Museum Tinguely

Concert
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 7:30 pm

Tinguely Entangled

Physics meets Music and Visual Arts: Concert as part of the Basel Infinity Festival.

Guided Tour
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 1:30 -3 pm

«Electrical Walks Basel» by Christina Kubisch

Guided walk from the series Electrical Walks Basel by Christina Kubisch from Museum Tinguely to HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, in German, meeting point: info desk at Museum Tinguely, ends at HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste) Münchenstein/Basel

guided tour
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 4 pm

cancelled: Tinguely Trip with the actor Simon Grossenbacher

The tour approaches the legendary Jean Tinguely through the back door. We dive into his mindset and rummage through his fascination and drive. And we also reveal the downsides of genius. Scandals, seemingly unimportant details and abandoned sufferers come to light.
Costs: museum admission, booking required, duration approx. 75 minutes, in Swiss German

Concert
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 8-9.15 pm

Remembering Bernhard Beery Batschelet

Junge Garde, ehemalige Museumsgruppe, Ufftaggt, Piccoloco
Door opening for visitors from 19:15 pm
Concert starts at 20:00 pm
End of concert approx. 21:15 pm
Free admission, reservation via Ticketino required

Opening

Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 6:30 pm

Opening À bruit secret

Museum Tinguely cordially invites you to the opening of the new exhibition À bruit secret from 6:30 pm onwards. 

Event
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 6 pm

Sound Bar

Sound Bar: a relaxed way to kick off the evening at Museum Tinguely. Take a stroll through the new permanent exhibition and have a drink afterwards. Tunes by DJ Alice Hänsenberger turn our lounge into a dancefloor. The event starts at 6 pm, admission is free.

Opening

Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 6:30 pm

Opening La roue = c'est tout

Museum Tinguely cordially invites you to the opening of the new permanent exhibition La roue = c'est tout from 6:30 pm onwards. 
Free admission.