The Paper Mill Museum in Basel is located in the St. Alban district, a picturesque area often referred to as "Basel’s Venice." This historic museum showcases the art of papermaking, printing, and bookbinding with interactive exhibits that allow visitors to create their own handmade paper. Set in a restored medieval mill, it offers a hands-on exploration of traditional crafts.
The Paper Mill Museum is located on an old canal. It has an intact waterwheel and even fully working machines that show you how handmade paper is produced, how the art of printing really came to be and how books are bound. There are also exhibits that show you how the primitives used to communicate in the form of pictographs and other exhibits on modern ways of typing.