Museum Jean Tinguely preserves the works of the 20th century sculptor, Jean Tinguely who lived in Basel. The museum is located near Schwarzwaldbrücke, the motorway bridge on River Rhine in the Solitude Park area.
Museum Jean Tinguely, Basel is highly accessible from the center of the city by various means of local transportation. The tourists may commute to the museum from the SBB train station in a tram that travels to Wettsteinplatz. Local buses are available from Wettsteinplatz to the museum. The tourists may travel in hired cars as well to the museum from the center of the city. Museum Jean Tinguely in Basel remains open for the tourists from Tuesday to Sunday between 11 A.M and 7 P.M.
Museum Jean Tinguely at Basel was designed by the world famous architect, Mario Botta. The museum exhibits a collection of artifacts created by the maestro, Jean Tinguely during his lifetime. The collection comprises of motor driven relief, scrap assemblages, black-painted machine sculptures, pandemonic cycles, large sculptures and drawing machines. Some of the ceations were made with regular materials like wires, paint and tinplates.
Museum Jean Tinguely of Basel also host programs and interactive sessions on subjects like kinetic art form. Programs on the contemporary artists of Jean Tinguely such as Yves Klein, Niki de Saint Phalle and Bernhard Luginbühl are also hosted in the museum.
With the preserved interactive and entertaining artifacts, the Museum dedicated to Jean Tinguely features as one of primary Basel attractions.
