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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.

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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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