Missionaries, their wives and single women, so-called "sisters", traveled between continents as well as within Ghana, Cameroon, India and China. Employees from the Christian congregations there accompanied them on their domestic journeys and sometimes wrote reports about them. Some young men from Ghana, India and China traveled to Basel in the mid-19th century to train as missionaries. Using historical documents from the archives of the Basel Mission and Mission 21, we take you on a journey through time.
Contact and registration via the event page of the Basel History Days 2026 (BGT):
Archive tour Mission 21 on Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Second opportunity for this tour on Friday, March 20, 2026
Costs
Single admission: CHF 15 / CHF 10 (reduced) / free of charge (according to BGT guidelines)
BGT-Pass (valid 16.-21.3.): CHF 35 (support) / CHF 25 / CHF 15 (reduced) / free of charge (according to BGT guidelines)
Meeting point
Mission 21, Missionsstrasse 21, 4055 Basel, main entrance
