Natural History Museum of Basel

Natural History Museum Basel (German: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel) is a natural history museum in Basel, Switzerland that houses wide-ranging collections focused on the fields of zoology, entomology, mineralogy, anthropology, osteology and paleontology.

[1] It was established as a natural history collection in 1821.

[2] The museum is a heritage site of national significance.

[3] Here, the mummy of Anna Catharina Bischoff is kept and examined.

The skeleton of Theo the Pipe Smoker was found 1984 near the Theodorskirche in Kleinbasel.