The museum is moving in 2025. From 5 May 2025, only the guided tours ‘Synagogue’ and ‘Jewish Basel. City Tour’ can be booked. We look forward to welcoming you to the new museum at Vesalgasse 5 from December 2025.
Guided Tours
Public
Synagoge
90 Minuten
every 1. Sunday
of the month
Without registration
3 pm
Free entrance
Leimenstrasse 24
4051 Basel
We kindly inform you that the synagogue asks all visitors to cover their shoulders and knees. Men*/boys* are requested to cover their heads. You may bring your own cap or hat, otherwise kippot are available on site. In the museum, choice of dress is entirely free.
Private
Jewish life
Museum
60 minutes
more
Groups meet Jewish Baselers and learn about their ways of life, from kosher to kippa, from synagogue to Shabbat in the exhibition «Jewish. For Beginners and Experts».
The museum is moving into a new building in 2025, so we are only offering the guided tour "Jewish life" until 28th February 2025. For tour enquiries for autumn 2025, please contact: info@juedisches-museum.ch
Prices
Fr. 180.– (up to 15 people)
+ Fr. 7.– per person
Fr. 230.– (up to 30 people)
+ Fr. 7.– per person
Jewish history
Museum
60 minutes
more
From the first traces of Judaism in Roman times to the cradle of Ashkenaz, from the Basel printing press to the Zionist Congress, from the ambivalence of wartime Switzerland to the diversity of the present day, this tour takes a look at local Jewish history.
The museum is moving into a new building in 2025, so we are only offering the guided tour "Jewish history" until 28th February 2025. For tour enquiries for autumn 2025, please contact: info@juedisches-museum.ch
Prices
Fr. 180.– (up to 15 people)
+ Fr. 7.– per person
Fr. 230.– (up to 30 people)
+ Fr. 7.– per person
Synagogue
60 minutes
more
Enter the magnificent synagogue on Leimenstrasse, which has been part of Basel's urban landscape since 1866.
Prices
Fr. 180.– (up to 15 people)
Fr. 230.– (up to 30 people)
Meeting point:
Synagogue of the IGB
Leimenstrasse 24, 4051 Basel
Museum & Synagogue
90 minutes
more
Visit the Basel Synagogue and the Jewish Museum of Switzerland and learn about the ways of life of Swiss Jews, from kosher to kippa, from synagogue to Shabbat in the exhibition «Jewish. For Beginners and Experts».
The museum is moving into a new building in 2025, so we are only offering the guided tour "Museum & Synagogue" until 28th February 2025. For tour enquiries for autumn 2025, please contact: info@juedisches-museum.ch
Registration for the synagogue tour
Prices
Fr. 250.- (up to 15 people)
Fr. 300.- (up to 30 people)
Meeting point:
Jewish Museum of Switzerland,
Kornhausgasse 8, 4051 Basel
Basel City Tour
90 minutes
more
Take a stroll through Jewish Basel! This city tour guides you through the history of Jewish people in Basel by taking you to the respective historical sites. You will start at the old city gate (Spalentor) and continue to the medieval Jewish cemetery, the synagogue and finally the Stadtcasino.
Prices
Fr. 250.- (up to 15 people)
Fr. 300.- (up to 30 people)
Meeting point:
Spalentor
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Information for School Groups
Guided tours are free of charge for school groups from Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land. The regular price for guided tours for school groups is 200 francs. Please use the online registration form.
For guided tours including a visit to the synagogue, we ask teachers to bring the completed Visit a Religion form.
Contact Sarah-Maria Hebeisen for further information:
+41 (0) 61 261 95 14
sarah-maria.hebeisen@juedisches-museum.ch
