• Collections and Documentation
  • 20th/21st-Century Collection
  • Archaeological Collection
  • Arms and Militaria Collection
  • Banner and Flag Collection
  • Carriage, Wagon, Sled Collection
  • Ceramics Collection
  • Coin and Medal Collection
  • Ethnographic Collection
  • Furnishings Collection
  • Glass Collection
  • Graphic Collection
  • Historic Photography Collection
  • Jewellery Collection
  • Painting Collection
  • Precious Metals Collections
  • Sculpture Collection
  • Seal Collection
  • Stained Glass Collection
  • Textiles and Costume Collection
  • Timepiece and Scientific Instrument Collection
  • Toy Collection
  • Uniform Collection
• Documentation Centre
• Sammlungszentrum
• Lending and Registration
• Scientific Publications
• Online Collections

The Historic Photography Collection

The museum possesses an internationally renowned collection of historic photo-
graphy, based essentially on the items acquired by the museum in 1994 from Ruth and Peter Herzog of Basel. The collection currently covers the period from 1839 to the most recent past, and comprises almost 200,000 photographs. More …