Beyeler Foundation

Fondation Beyeler
	Beyeler Foundation in Riehen, Switzerland
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Established	1982
Location	Riehen, Switzerland
Coordinates	47°35′17″N 7°39′4″E / 47.58806°N 7.65111°E
Type	Art museum
Visitors	c. 332,000 (2016)
Director	Sam Keller
Curator	Theodora Vischer; Ulf Küster; Raphaël Bouvier; Michiko Kono;
Website	www.fondationbeyeler.ch

The Beyeler Foundation or Fondation Beyeler, with its museum in Riehen, near Basel (Switzerland), owns and oversees the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, which features modern and traditional art. The Beyeler Foundation museum includes a space for special exhibitions staged to complement the permanent collection, which is not on public display. In 2006, approximately 340,000 persons visited the museum. In 2016, the number of visitors was 332,000,^[1] and it was the most visited art museum in Switzerland.^[2] The museum is properly funded, and it receives annual grants from the cantons of Basel City and Basel County and the commune of Riehen.^[3] Major partners of the Foundation are Bayer AG, Novartis and Swiss bank UBS.^[4]

^ Harris, Gareth (9 June 2017). "Fondation Beyeler: 20 years as an art world favourite". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ "Schweiz - Meistbesuchte Museen nach Anzahl der Eintritte 2016".
^ Martin Bailey (14 June 2013), An art-lovers’ paradise Archived 10 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Art Newspaper.
^ "Foundation Beyerler. Partners and Sponsors". Fondation Beyerle. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[1] Harris, Gareth (9 June 2017). "Fondation Beyeler: 20 years as an art world favourite". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

[2] "Schweiz - Meistbesuchte Museen nach Anzahl der Eintritte 2016".

[3] Martin Bailey (14 June 2013), An art-lovers’ paradise Archived 10 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Art Newspaper.

[4] "Foundation Beyerler. Partners and Sponsors". Fondation Beyerle. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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