The museum is located in the original medieval building of the former Dominican Cloister Klingental on the Klein-Basel bank of the Rhine. In these historical rooms Romanesque and Gothic sculptures from the Basel Minster and a model of the city of Basel in the 17th century are on display. The history of the Cloister is also presented here. Regular special exhibitions with complementary events showcase regional art and cultural history.
Museum Kleines Klingental
Basel
Switzerland
Art
47.562046, 7.589685
Address
Museum Kleines Klingental
Unterer Rheinweg 26
4058
Basel
Switzerland
Opening hours
Open all year from
Wednesday:
14:00-17:00
Saturday:
14:00-17:00
Sunday:
10:00-17:00
Closed on
Extended opening hours apply until Easter Sunday, 4 April: Wednesday 14-19 h, Saturday & Sunday 10-17 h
Currently and upcoming
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Skiapod siesta and Alexander's flight. Architectural sculpture in the focus of diversity of forms, iconography, narrative joy Speaker: Gian Casper ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2025, 11 a.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The curator Haiggi Baumgartner will personally guide you through the exhibition "Love of detail - plaster casts of Basel Minster" ...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 6 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Large Refectory Ceremonial opening of the special exhibition "City worth living in".
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Tour of the special exhibition "Liveable City - 28x Urban Development in Denmark. A city dialog with Basel" Guided tour: Daniel Schneller, Director MKK and Cantonal Monument Conservator Basel-Stadt / ...
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Sunday, August 17, 2025, 2 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance In its thousand-year history, architectural stained glass has evolved from Christian iconography. The spiritual and aesthetic effect of ...
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In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take a personal look at the themes of the exhibition. Merete Lind Mikkelsen, architect, former director of Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen in ...
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City walk Lysbüchel area Time: 2.30 - 5 p.m. Meeting point: Will be communicated after registration Limited number of participants Registration required: By 25.08.2025 to mkk@bs.ch Free admission City ...
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In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take a personal look at the themes of the exhibition. Speaker: Vittorio Lampugnani, architect, urban planning and architecture theorist, former ...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 2:30 p.m. Meeting point: Blumenrain 34, Seidenhof In its thousand-year history, architectural stained glass has evolved from Christian iconography. The spiritual and ...
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Concert series: The "Blüthner" on the road Students of the FHNW School of Music, Classical Music play works from their home country February 12: Denis Linnik (Belarus) March 19: Isadora Rezende ...
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Saturday, September 6, 2025, 2:30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The curator Haiggi Baumgartner will personally guide you through the exhibition "Love of detail - plaster casts of Basel Minster" ...
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In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take a personal look at the themes of the exhibition. Speaker: Christoph Küffer, Professor of Settlement Ecology at OST - Ostschweizer ...
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City walk from Riehenteich to Museum Kleines Klingental Time: 2.30 - 5 p.m. Meeting point: Will be communicated after registration Limited number of participants Registration required: By 08.09.2025 ...
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2 to 5 p.m.: Coffee and cake in Danish Price: CHF 15 (incl. coffee and cake) "Det Danske Club Basel" invites you to coffee and cake. Andrea Wiesli (piano) and Noëlle Grüebler (violin) play Danish ...
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The Museum Kleines Klingental is presenting a special series of guided tours of its original sandstone sculptures from Basel Cathedral. On four dates to coincide with the feast days of the saints ...
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Immerse yourself in the world of Romanesque and Gothic cathedral figures in the Museum Kleines Klingental and view these works of art in their historical context. Under professional guidance, the ...
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Discussion with Dorte Mandrup, Mandrup Arkitekter; Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg, Architecture Institute for Construction Heritage and Monument Preservation ETH Zurich; Oliver Martin, Head of the ...
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In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take a personal look at the themes of the exhibition. Conversation between Chrissie Muhr, curator of the program; and Daniel Schneller, director ...
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Concert series: The "Blüthner" on the road Students of the FHNW School of Music, Classical Music play works from their home country February 12: Denis Linnik (Belarus) March 19: Isadora Rezende ...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The Museum Kleines Klingental exhibits red sandstone sculptures from Basel Cathedral dating from around 1200 to the 16th ...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Attention to detail - A method of attribution to the Master of Kunigunde Speaker: Benno Weissenberger, University of Basel, Master's program in ...
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Sunday, October 19, 2025, 11 a.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The curator Haiggi Baumgartner will personally guide you through the exhibition "Love of detail - plaster casts of Basel Minster" ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 2:30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The focus will be on Ernst Stückelberg's monumental painting, in which around 1875 antique still life and modern portrait ...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 7:30 p.m. Large refectory Concert with the Basel String Quartet: Susanne Mathé and Hyunjong Reents-Kang (violin), Teodor Dimitrov (viola), Christopher Jepson (cello) The ...
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Concert series: The "Blüthner" on the road Students of the FHNW School of Music, Classical Music play works from their home country February 12: Denis Linnik (Belarus) March 19: Isadora Rezende ...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance From 1274, Klingental Abbey developed into the largest and richest monastery in Basel. The imposing roof structure and ...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 7:30 p.m. Large refectory Concert with the Absolut Trio: Bettina Boller (violin), Judith Gerster (cello) and Stefka Perifanova (piano) Rudolf Kelterborn created wild ...
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Sunday, November 16, 2025, 2 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance In its thousand-year history, architectural stained glass has evolved from Christian iconography. The spiritual and aesthetic effect of ...
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Sunday, November 16, 2025, 11 a.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Great Refectory The Museum Kleines Klingental organizes an annual charity concert in collaboration with the musicians Susanne Mathé and ...
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November 21 to 23, 2025 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 26, 2025, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen The history of the cast collections from the Renaissance to the 20th century Speaker: Tomas Lochman, former curator at the Antikenmuseum Basel ...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 7:30 p.m. Large refectory Concert with Andrea Wiesli (piano), Daniel Schneller (moderation and introduction) and Anne-Catherine Krüger (on Sophie Schäppi and Hans Huber's ...
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Concert series: The "Blüthner" on the road Students of the FHNW School of Music, Classical Music play works from their home country February 12: Denis Linnik (Belarus) March 19: Isadora Rezende ...
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Saturday, December 6, 2025, 2:30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The curator Haiggi Baumgartner will personally guide you through the exhibition "Love of detail - plaster casts of Basel Minster" ...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Between plaster and marble. The Basel sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth Speaker: Stefan Hess, Head of the Liestal Poetry and City Museum In an ...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen The Basel Minster Building Workshop - a look behind the scenes Speaker: Ramon Keller, smelting foreman at the Basel Minster Building Hut In an ...
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Sunday, February 8, 2026, 2 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The curator Haiggi Baumgartner will personally guide you through the exhibition "Love of detail - plaster casts of Basel Minster" ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen From Basel to Strasbourg - A comparison between the sculptures of Basel Cathedral and an Alsatian funerary figure Speaker: Annick Herren ...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen New digital manufacturing processes in casting technology Speaker: Haiggi Baumgartner, curator of the exhibition and sculptor from the Basel ...
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Sunday, March 15, 2026, 11 a.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The curator Haiggi Baumgartner will personally guide you through the exhibition "Love of detail - plaster casts of Basel Minster". Guided ...
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In the large refectory and in the monastery kitchen, the Museum Kleines Klingental is presenting an exhibition by the Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin, which was conceived together with the Danish Urban ...
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The cathedral is home to a wealth of beautiful, strange or bizarre sandstone structures. Inaccessible, barely illuminated or far away, the rich details often elude the observer. Since its inception ...