Basel, Switzerland: Fine Arts Museum

This isn't the best photo of the Fine Arts Museum. I should have lined up a better photograph, because the building no doubt deserves it.

A collection of art works was purchased by the city of Basel and the University of Basel in 1661. The building was then opened to the public, and that made it the very first public museum in the world. That's pretty impressive. There is plenty of art here created in the years between 1400 and 1600, and others that are more contemporary. 

And here's another good story about the place. In 1939, the work of German-Jewish artists was taken out of Germany and brought here. It's still at this location. You can still see it here.