Museum Kleines Klingental

Art

History and tradition

Basel

Switzerland

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.

Temporary exhibitions

Ernst Stückelberg, «Caritas», Wandbild aus dem Erimanshof in Basel, 1870er-Jahre, Ausschnitt. Stiftung Ernst Stückelberg Maler. Foto Museum Kleines Klingental, Peter Schulthess.

Stückelberg's rediscovered murals

Fragments from an Artist's Salon in Basel

At the center of the show is a salon in Basel decorated with murals by the artist Ernst Stückelberg (1831–1903) in the 1870s. Shortly before the property was demolished in 1937, parts of the salon decoration were saved and stored. Brought out of the dark into the light, the question of the future of...

Museum Kleines Klingental

Museum Kleines Klingental

Museum Kleines Klingental, Dauerausstellung

Suitable for families

Opening hours

Open all year

Wednesday: 14:00-17:00

Saturday: 14:00-17:00

Sunday: 10:00-17:00

Closed on

24/12/2022

29/05/2023

31/12/2023

25/12/2023

24/12/2023

01/08/2023

08/06/2023

01/05/2023

25/12/2022

10/04/2023

07/04/2023

06/04/2023

01/03/2023

01/01/2023

31/12/2022

Extended opening hours apply until Easter Sunday, 4 April: Wednesday 14-19 h, Saturday & Sunday 10-17 h

Address

Museum Kleines Klingental

Unterer Rheinweg 26

4058

Basel

Switzerland

+41 61 267 66 25

http://www.mkk.ch

47.562046, 7.589685