I haven't been yet but plan to go.

A couple of suggestions from my in-laws who have already gone.

As others have mentioned, if you book via SBB/CFF you have a sort of combo price and you can specify the hour you want to enter/see the exhibit, i.e. from 12:00 to 13:00. So when you arrive, you go right on in. They were a few minutes early and they were allowed in as there were not too many people ahead of them.

Secondly, they rented the headphones. They said it made all the difference. It is a type of iPod where you can input the number of the painting and get the details. Not sure if English is available but I would imagine so.

When in Basel, if you are really in a museum mood, there is also the Giacometti Exhibit at the Fondation Beyeler (Riehen/Basel).

http://www.museenbasel.ch/en/institu...ls.php?id=1488

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