Paul Sacher Foundation: Practical tips

Paul Sacher Stiftung
Auf Burg, Münsterplatz 4, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland
Phone: + 41-(0)61-269 66 44
Fax: + 41-(0)61-261 91 83
E-mail Secretary

Visiting hours
The Foundation is open on Mondays to Fridays from 9 to 12 am and from 1 to 16:45 pm. Visitors are asked to arrange an appointment beforehand with the secretary.

Holidays
The Foundation will remain closed on the following days in 2009/2010:

21.12.2009-01.01.2010 Christmas/New Year
22.02.2010-26.02.2010 Carnival
02.04.2010-05.04.2010 Easter
13.05.2010+14.05.2010 Ascension Day
24.05.2010 Whit Monday
28.06.2010-23.07.2010 Summer holidays
20.12.2010-31.12.2010 Christmas/New Year

Regulations for the Use of the Archives

1.	The collections of the Paul Sacher Foundation are available free of charge for purposes of scholarly research.
2.	Please take notice of the visiting hours and holidays.
3.	Persons interested in visiting the Foundation are asked to state in advance the date and probable duration of their visit and to provide a brief summary of their research goal.
4.	Access to the Foundation may be limited or revoked at any time without expressed reason.
5.	The source holdings may only be used on the Foundation's own premises. Archival holdings are generally viewed in the form of microfilm. Only in exceptional circumstances may original documents be consulted.
6.	No working copies are created for use outside the Foundation.
7.	The Foundation's holdings must be handled with great care. Documents must be left in the order in which they were found, even if the user discovers this order to be incorrect. References to shortcomings and mistakes in the attribution or arrangement of documents are welcome at any time.
8.	Publications based on material of the Foundation must bear an appropriate reference. Reproduction of documents in publications requires the prior written consent of the Foundation. Authors working with these materials are requested to forward copies of their work to the Foundation.
9.	It is the user's responsibility to respect copyrights, as well as personal and other rights of the Foundation or of third parties. The Foundation is not liable to third parties for any damages resulting from the violation of such rights.
10.	The present regulations are subject to modification.

Guidelines for Scholarships
Each year the Foundation awards a limited number of once-only scholarships amounting SFr 2250,- per month. Their primary aim is to ease the financial burden on users from distant countries during their stay in Basel. All applicants must have a degree in musicology. The research project should apply at least in large part to composers whose collections are housed at the Foundation. The duration of the scholarship (generally a minimum of three months) must be appropriate to the scope of the project. A brief progress report must be presented at the end of the stay.

Applications with curriculum vitae (including date of birth), a detailed project description (approx. 3 pages), a list of publications, and photocopies of several publications must be submitted no later than 15 February or 31 August to the Paul Sacher Stiftung, Münsterplatz 4, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.

Impressum
Website conceived by Judith Manz and Matthias Kassel
Texts by Matthias Kassel
English translation by J. Bradford Robinson
Design and realization by Judith Manz, www.webhex.ch

Pictorial material from the holdings of the Paul Sacher Foundation
Photographs of the Foundation by Christian Baur (Basel)
Other photos by Lucien Aigner (New York), Niggi Bräuning (Basel), Johannes Fischer (Donaueschingen), Betty Freeman (Beverly Hills), Hugo Jehle (Stuttgart), Roland Schmid (Basel), and Janine Wiggli (Basel).