New exhibition from 21.11.2025

The Natural History Museum Basel presents the special exhibition Wildlife Photographer of the Year, featuring the world’s 100 best wildlife photographs – exclusively in Switzerland.

The exhibition showcases powerful and fascinating images that capture remarkable animal behaviour, extraordinary species, and the breathtaking diversity of the natural world. The images use photography’s unique emotive power to engage and inspire audiences. The photographs tell many stories, prompting viewers to look more closely and encouraging them to stand up for the protection of nature.

Since 1965, the renowned competition Wildlife Photographer of the Year has recognised the world’s most outstanding nature photography. It is organised by the Natural History Museum, London. For this year’s edition, an esteemed jury selected the most powerful images from more than 60,000 entries submitted by over 4,000 photographers from more than 110 countries.

As an accompanying event, the museum is once again organising its own nature photography competition, Snapshot.