How did a 400 kg building stone of a Roman monumental structure get under the Freie Strasse? What do a hand washing vessel, leather remains and a casting mould reveal about life and crafts in medieval Basel? These and other spectacular finds from two millennia come from current and earlier excavations and tell the story of the city centre. They shed light on the origins and changes of the market square, its adjoining streets and alleys, and bear witness to a devastating neighbourhood fire. They are being shown for the first time in this exhibition, which was created in cooperation with the Archaeological Soil Research Basel-Stadt.
Salvaged from the underground
This exhibition is available in
German
Archaeological finds from the centre of Basel
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Opening hours
Events in this museum
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 2:30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The brave knight and his horse encounter the sinister lindworm. Both stone figures have fled from Basel Minster to the museum to ...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speaker: Johann Savary, excavation manager Freie Strasse and Marktplatz, Archaeological Soil Research Basel-Stadt In an atmospheric setting, over ...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Large refectory Concert with Kelsey Maiorano (oboe), Gunta Abele (violoncello) and Cornelia Lenzin (piano) This concert is a tribute to the two composers and ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2.30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Curator Sarah Wicki will personally guide you through the exhibition she has created entitled "Salvaged from the Underground - ...
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Lunchtime concerts on the 1st Wednesday of the month, 1 to 2 pm Admission free, collection in favor of the musicians February 7, 2024: Mikołaj Woźniak (Poland) March 6, 2024: Laura Mota Pello (Spain) ...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024, 2:30 p.m. Nowhere in Basel is there a greater concentration of sculptural works in the urban space than in the central district of Blumenrain, Schifflände and Fischmarkt ...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speaker: Johann Savary, excavation manager Freie Strasse and Marktplatz, Archäologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt In an atmospheric setting ...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Large refectory Concert with the Trio Fontane: Noëlle Grüebler (violin), Jonas Kreienbühl (cello) and Andrea Wiesli (piano) For more than a decade, the Trio ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2.30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Curator Sarah Wicki will personally guide you through the exhibition she has created entitled "Salvaged from the Underground - ...
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Guided tour series: The "Who's Who" at Basel Minster: depictions of saints in the Museum Kleines Klingental Who were the people depicted on Basel Cathedral in the Middle Ages and what stories do they ...
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 Sunday, October 27, 2024 Sunday, November 17, 2024 each 14-17 h The Romanesque and Gothic cathedral figures in the Museum Kleines Klingental are viewed analytically and ...
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Lunchtime concerts on the 1st Wednesday of the month, 1 to 2 pm Admission free, collection in favor of the musicians February 7, 2024: Mikołaj Woźniak (Poland) March 6, 2024: Laura Mota Pello (Spain) ...
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Sunday, October 6 and October 13, 2024, 2-4 p.m. each day Meeting point: Museum entrance Aspects of archaeology are taught in the special exhibition "Salvaged from the Underground" and the children ...
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Sunday, October 6 and October 13, 2024, 2-4 p.m. each day Meeting point: Museum entrance Aspects of archaeology are taught in the special exhibition "Salvaged from the Underground" and the children ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2.30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Curator Sarah Wicki will personally guide you through the exhibition she has created entitled "Salvaged from the Underground - ...
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 Sunday, October 27, 2024 Sunday, November 17, 2024 each 14-17 h The Romanesque and Gothic cathedral figures in the Museum Kleines Klingental are viewed analytically and ...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speaker: Martin Möhle, author of art monuments, Cantonal Monument Preservation Basel-Stadt In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts ...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 6:15 p.m. Large refectory After Stephan Tramèr completed the monastery model in 1998, the production manager of Basilea Film AG, Matthias Vergeat, suggested making a ...
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By and with Satu Blanc, historian and actress Once again, Anna is late. She wants to sneak into the kitchen unnoticed. But instead of the doorman, strangely dressed people are standing in front of the ...
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Lunchtime concerts on the 1st Wednesday of the month, 1 to 2 pm Admission free, collection in favor of the musicians February 7, 2024: Mikołaj Woźniak (Poland) March 6, 2024: Laura Mota Pello (Spain) ...
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By and with Satu Blanc, historian and actress Once again, Anna is late. She wants to sneak into the kitchen unnoticed. But instead of the doorman, strangely dressed people are standing in front of the ...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance In 1274, exactly 750 years ago, Klingental Abbey was founded here at what was then the outermost tip of Kleinbasel and ...
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Sunday, September 29, 2024 Sunday, October 27, 2024 Sunday, November 17, 2024 each 14-17 h The Romanesque and Gothic cathedral figures in the Museum Kleines Klingental are viewed analytically and ...
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Sunday, November 17, 2024, 11 a.m. Large refectory Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert and György Kurtág Collection in aid of the "Corridors of Peace" project for girls and women in Chad ...
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monuments musicaux: Chamber music days in the mirror of the exhibition "Geborgen aus dem Untergrund"
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November 22 to 24, 2024 Museum Kleines Klingental The chamber music days monuments musicaux present a weekend with several concerts that deal with the current special exhibition at the Museum Kleines ...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speaker: Philippe Rentzel, geoarchaeologist, University of Basel In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take a personal look at ...
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Lunchtime concerts on the 1st Wednesday of the month, 1 to 2 pm Admission free, collection in favor of the musicians February 7, 2024: Mikołaj Woźniak (Poland) March 6, 2024: Laura Mota Pello (Spain) ...
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Searching for clues on site: How did the fragment of a large Roman building end up in Freie Strasse?
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 2 p.m. Meeting point: Market square, in front of the town hall City tour as part of the exhibition "Salvaged from the Underground. Archaeological finds from the center of ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2.30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Curator Sarah Wicki will personally guide you through the exhibition she has created entitled "Salvaged from the Underground - ...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speakers: Frank Löbbecke, Head of Building Research, Cantonal Monument Preservation Basel-Stadt and Claudia Moddelmog, Historian In an ...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speakers: Sven Billo, Project Manager Middle Ages, Archaeological Soil Research Basel-Stadt and Annina Freitag, Archaeologist In an atmospheric ...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speakers: Sabine Deschler-Erb, Head of Archaeozoology, IPNA, University of Basel and Barbara Stopp, Research Associate / Lecturer in ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2.30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Curator Sarah Wicki will personally guide you through the exhibition she has created entitled "Salvaged from the Underground - ...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speaker: Elias Flatscher, Senior Assistant for Medieval Archaeology, University of Zurich In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts will ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2.30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Curator Sarah Wicki will personally guide you through the exhibition she has created entitled "Salvaged from the Underground - ...