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Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel vs Basel Historical Museum - Barfuesserkirche
Basel Historical Museum and Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel are both rated very highly by professionals. On balance, Basel Historical Museum scores slightly better than Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel. Basel Historical Museum scores 77 with praise from 2 publications like Frommer's, Lonely Planet.
Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Atlas Obscura
Independent
Steinenvorstadt 1, Steineck-Stiftung, Basel 4051, Switzerland
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Fodor's
"Bordering on the Barfüsserplatz, this museum has several floors filled with 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century toys, including a cast of 2,500 teddy bears."
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Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Basel’s 'Toy World Museum' claims the world’s biggest collection of teddy bears and a slew of extraordinarily detailed doll houses among its 6000 objects displayed over four floors."
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Atlas Obscura
"An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum. "
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Independent
"Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel is a treasure trove of toys, with four floors dedicated to everything from dolls’ houses to miniature figurines; a level focused solely on teddy bears features some terrifying-looking specimens"
Basel Historical Museum - Barfuesserkirche
Frommer's
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet
Barfusserplatz, Basel, Switzerland
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Frommer's
" Its greatest exhibit is a reliquary bust of St. Ursula, in silver and gold, commissioned by the people of Basel to contain the saint's relics."
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Fodor's
"An underground gallery displays fully reconstructed medieval and Renaissance guild rooms, complete with stained glass, ceramic stoves, and richly carved wood."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This wide-ranging historical collection, attractively housed under the vaulted ceilings of the former Barfüsserkirche, showcases two millennia of applied arts, ceramics, weaponry and much more."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This bustling square is named after the barefoot Franciscan friars who founded the eponymous Barfüsserkirche (Barefooted Ones Church) here in the 14th century."
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