Museum Committee
In accordance with the Law on Museums of the Canton of Basel-Stadt and the associated ordinance, the museum commissions guide, advise, and support museum directors in fulfilling their cultural and educational mission. Each museum commission consists of 7 to 9 members, with up to 3 members elected by the university if the commission has 7 or 8 members, and up to 4 members elected by the university if the commission has 9 members. The remaining members, as well as the chair of the commission, are elected by the cantonal government.
Committee for the Basel Museum of Antiquities and the Ludwig Collection
Stephan Feldhaus, President
Prof. Susanne Bickel, Department of Ancient Civilizations
Bernhard Berger
Prof. Martin Guggisberg, Department of Ancient Civilizations
Carla Cugini
Dr. Nicolas Mosimann, Faculty of Law
Felix Grisard
Claudia E. Sauter
Committee for the Historical Museum
Patricia von Falkenstein, President
Prof. Aden Kumler, Department of Arts, Media and Philosophy
David Andreetti
Prof. Martin Lengwiler, Department of History
Nadja Guth Biasini
Prof. Stefanie Mahrer, Department of History at the University of Bern
Benedikt Pfister
Prof. Erik Petry, Jewish Studies
Beat von Wartburg
Committee for the Kunstmuseum Basel
Yvonne Pieles, President
Prof. em. Harry Gugger, Department of Architecture EPFL
Christoph Gloor
Prof. Ute Holl, Department of Arts, Media and Philosophy
Claudia Müller
Prof. Aaron Hyman; Department of Arts, Media and Philosophy
Melchior Oeri
Prof. Ralph Ubl, Department of Arts, Media and Philosophy
Hanna Weinberger
Committee for the Museum of Cultures
Silvia Harburg Egli
Prof. Walter Leimgruber, Department of Social Sciences
Mathias Andreas Brenneis
Prof. George-Paul Meiu, Department of Social Sciences
Agnes Christine Dormann
Daniel Roland Petitjean
Bianca Prietl
Elisabeth Sarasin Reiff
Committee for the Natural History Museum
Heiner Vischer, President
Prof. Oliver Heiri, Department of Environmental Sciences
Marcel Braun
Prof. em. Paricia Holm; Department of Environmental Sciences
Michelle Lachenmeier
Prof. Ansgar Kahmen, Department of Environmental Sciences
Suzanne Senti-Eichenberger
Prof. Christian Klug, Paleontological Institute and Museum UZH
Marcel Tanner