Swiss Fire Brigade Museum

Gate entrance to the museum

The Swiss Fire Brigade Museum in Basel shows the history of fire fighting . The exhibits, which also include permanent loans from the Basel Historical Museum , date back to the 13th century. The focus of the collection is on fire services in Basel-Stadt.

Since January 2010 you can also take a look at the possible future development of the fire brigade in the museum . This sector is impressively represented with the loan exhibit of a fire extinguishing robot.

The museum, which was called the "Basel Fire Brigade Museum" until 1967, has existed since 1957. It is maintained by the Basel professional fire brigade , the oldest in Switzerland, in their premises called "Lützelhof". However, the museum is not classified as a state enterprise and is not run as a separate department in the cantonal administration.

See also

• Museums in Basel
• List of fire fighting museums

literature

• The Lützelhof in Basel . In: Basler Stadtbuch 1968.

Web links

• Official homepage of the Swiss Fire Brigade Museum
• Swiss Fire Brigade Museum on Basel Tourism

Commons : Swiss Fire Brigade Museum Basel-Stadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '26 "  N , 7 ° 34' 58.3"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred ten thousand eight hundred fifty-six  /  two hundred and sixty-seven thousand four hundred