| Museum Details |
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| Name: | Museum der Kulturen Basel |
| Street Address: | Augustinergasse 2 |
| City: | Basel |
| State: | |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Zipcode: | 4001 |
| Telephone: | 41-061-266-5500 |
| Fax: | 41-061-266-5605 |
| Email: | info@mkb.ch |
| Website: | http://www.mkb.ch/en/home.cfm |
| Staff Contacts: | Dir: Clara B. Wilpert; Vice Dir: Christian Kaufmann;
PR Dir: Michael Schneider michael.schneider@bs.ch;
Conservator (America): Alexander Brust, M.A.
41-061-266-5682 fax 41-61-266-5605 alexander.brust@bs.ch |
| Quality of Online Info: | English translation; Site map and staff information |
| Size: | small/closed for 3yrs |
| Focus: | Tikal wooden lintels: Lintel 3 from Temple I and Lintels 2 and 3 from Temple IV; Stone reliefs representing a Mayan prince; Painted dish portraying a Maize God |
| Source: | Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 454, 450.
http://www.mkb.ch
http://www.wayeb.org/resourcescollections.htm |