Anatomical Museum was founded in 1924 by Carl Gustav Jung on the basis of the Department of the medical faculty of the oldest Swiss University of Basel. The Museum presents an interesting anatomical exhibits, renovated modern methods, for example, the skeleton, prepared by Andreas Thesalem in 1543.

The Museum has a large collection of historically valuable, even unique items that played an important role in the development of anatomical science. Permanent exhibitions and temporary exhibitions are the Museum visitors, as well as medical students, conductors in an exciting journey through the human body.

The exhibits in the Museum systematized so that passing from one to another, you can explore the work of many systems of the human body. For example, the exhibits section of the System of blood vessels located near the models of the heart, and the model of the section "the human Nervous system" – near the brain. Articulated models to explore his own hand, provide an opportunity to consider and understand the principles of operation of the human body. Also since 1850, the Museum features a collection of wax models.

The Museum is in the top 40 of museums and other cultural institutions in the city, participating in the action "Night of museums", held annually in Basel.