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2012 On the first of April we celebrated the 20 year anniversary of the Frog museum |
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2011 The museum was rebuilt and given, many frogs could be rearranged.
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2010, December Also this year there was a really big water damage, where about 3/4 of the museum was destroyed. No frogs, but many shelves and vitrines must be removed and disposed of. |
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2009 This year there was water damage in Frog museum.
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2007, February We received some frogs from a frog collector . When unpacking, we discovered that many of these frogs in our collection will find a new place. Therefore we increased the number of frogs exhibited almost 14'000 pieces.
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2007, January We reached the "magic number" of 24'000 visitors since it opened 1992.
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2006, July We celebrated on the 29th July, the 25-year-old collector's passion by Elfi & Rolf |
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2006 In July our collection has grown to over 13'500 frog figures.
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2005 Our collection is growing steadly.
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2004, April We received some frog gift collections and that enabled us to expanding collection. We passed in April, the number of frogs with 12'000 pieces (!) |
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2003 We always have a booth at local flee markets to make attention for our museum. . |
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2002, August 10 year anniversary with a total of 690 visitors, including our 20'000 visitor since opening in 1992.
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2000, summer The Frog Museum was finally the new website on the Internet put into operation! Besides general information about the museum are very many Pictures shown.
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1999, April
1st frog collector meetings! 30 frog collectors gathered at the Frog Museum an aperitif with intensive exchange of ideas.
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1999, January 15'000 visitors in frog museum.
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1997, April 5 year anniversary with a total of 700 (!) visitors from morning 11.00 to dusk at 18.00 clock. |
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1996, August 10'000 visitors in theFrog Museum "Münchenstein". |
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1995
USA trip with visit to the legendary city of gold-diggers "Angels Camp" which "Frog town" is mentioned, because there each year in May international frog-jumping competition takes place.
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1994 Expansion/extensionofmuseums120 m2.
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1993 Entry in the Guinness book of records (with images and text).
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1992, Sunday 4. April Opening of the museum of media receptions (23 journalists) Trudi Gerster, the Swiss-fairy-aunt was there too! (Frog Prince).
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1992 Construction of the "Frog Museum" in the building of the HandwerkStadt in Münchenstein. (approx. 80 m2) relocation of approx. 5'400 frog figures from Basel to Münchenstein.
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1990 & 1991 Operation of the "1st Basel Frog Museum" approx. 5'000 frog figures, about 1'200 Visitors! The Swiss television, and many print media reported about it!
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1989 Packing and reins of approx. 3'200 frog figures and objects, and building the "1st Basler Frog Museum" in Kleinbasel, about 25-30m2 large!
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1988, autumn Participation at the collectors exhibition at the "alten Gmeini" in Münchenstein. 20 private collector exhibited e.g. smurfs, elephants, pocket knife, owls etc. and above all, about 300 frogs from our collection ! |
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1988, spring USA trip (California, Nevada, Colorado and New York) in "frog Mecca USA", we found some thousands of frogs! |
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1981 - 1988 Intensive collecting activity: Each frog was in the collection..
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1982 First Newspaper article about our collection (then with 500 frogs).
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1981 Beginning of the collection with the first Tin Frog, bought in Freiburg i. Br. (D). |
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