Electricity Museum
The Electricity Museum in Münchenstein was opened in 1997 by Elektra Birseck Münchenstein on the occasion of its 100th anniversary on its factory premises.
The development history of production and application can be traced for the visitor on a thousand square meters of exhibition space . The collection includes historical rarities and is supplemented by a technology laboratory in which the visitor can experiment independently with electricity (pumped storage power plant, funicular, transformer principle , private radio station , electric motors , electric conductors / non-conductors , power saving and plug-in wall for electrical circuits ).
Temporary and special exhibitions offer those interested in technology a wide range of topics. The Electricity Museum is unique in Switzerland: a museum you can “touch”.
The museum is part of the wider Basel museum landscape and also takes part in the Basel Museum Night .
Temporary and special exhibitions
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Calculating under power:
“From the abacus to the electronic brain” and “Exclusive items from Basel super brains Bernoulli and Euler ”. Exhibitions in 2006. - " Light - from pine to LED ".
Exhibition opened on June 14, 2009 and lasted until December 15, 2009. - " Communication - From the smoke signal to the iPhone ".
Special exhibition from October 24, 2010 to May 22, 2011.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′ 51 " N , 7 ° 37 ′ 1" E ; CH1903: 613,425 / two hundred and sixty-two thousand six hundred and fifteen