HOUSE FOR CULTURE AND HISTORY
MUSEUM
ALLSCHWIL
House and Museum History
The half-timbered house at Baslerstrasse 48 has an eventful past. Built by a family of day laborers around 1750, it served as a police station and emergency shelter, among other things, until the museum opened in 1968.

1750-1917
Home of the Vogt & Gürtler family
1918
Canton buys the house, police station
1925–1956
Emergency housing and schoolroom
1963
The municipality bought the house in 1956, restoration
1968
Opening of the local museum. It focuses on rural living culture, crafts and archaeological finds and is founded by the doctor and art historian Josef Martin Lusser (1904–1997).
2015
Museum closure
2017–2024
During the interim use, the Fachwerk , Piano di Primo and Landkino associations are setting up a cultural programme with guest performances and their own productions in the museum.
2025
The house will be reopened as the Allschwil Museum, a house for culture and history, and the cultural program will be further expanded. Long-term operation depends on the decision of the local council.

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