Founded in 1893, the Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland, holds one of Europe’s oldest ethnographic collections. The museum collects, works with, and exhibits objects from all regions of the world to enrich creative practices and promote awareness of diverse cultural forms. With its longstanding history, the museum’s architectural landscape is a blend of styles from different periods—medieval, classicist, and now a modern main exhibition building designed by Herzog & de Meuron, Basel architects, which houses the ethnographic collections. Scholars Felix Speiser, Alfred Bühler, Carl Schuster, Edmund Carpenter, and Anna Schmid have made significant contributions to the growth and wealth of the museum’s holdings.