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
Adresse
Museum Kleines Klingental
Unterer Rheinweg 26
4058
Basel
Switzerland
Horaires d'ouverture
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, October 21, 2026, 4 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The red sandstone sculptures on display at Basel Minster in the Museum Kleines Klingental offer a rich reflection of their respective ...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 2.30 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, meeting point: museum entrance One of the best-known figures at Basel Minster is St. Martin, who is on horseback about to cut his ...
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To celebrate the current exhibition “Basel on a Plate – Culinary City History(ies),” we invite you to a sweet fall fair event in front of the museum: From 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., enjoy freshly baked ...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Large Refectory Concert with the Van der Pals Quartet: Gordan Trajkovic, Frederik Burstedt (violin), Markus Falkbring (viola) and ...
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Sunday, November 8, 2026, 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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Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 4 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The guided tour tells the eventful story of the wall painting fragments by Basel artist Ernst Stückelberg (1831-1903), which ...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Speaker: Klaus Spechtenhauser, art/architectural historian In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take a personal look at the ...
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November 20 to 22, 2026 The chamber music days monuments musicaux present a weekend with several concerts that deal with the current special exhibition at the Museum Kleines Klingental. Further ...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Large Refectory Concert with the Absolut Trio: Bettina Boller (violin), Judith Gerster (cello) and Stefka Perifanova (piano) Rudolf ...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Speaker: Dr. Flavio Häner, cultural historian In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take a personal look at the themes of the ...
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Sunday, December 13, 2026, 3 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Christmas in Basel had and still has many faces. For the Klingental nuns in the Middle Ages, it was a symbol of Christian charity. Even ...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2027, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Speaker: Dr. Tabea Buri, Curator Museum of Cultures Basel In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take a personal look at the ...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2027, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Speaker: Isabel Koellreuter, freelance historian and partner in the Schürch & Koellreuter office In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea ...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2027, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Speaker: Désirée Hess, curator of the exhibition and co-director of the museum Small Klingental In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea ...
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The journey through Basel's food culture begins with a look at the popular "Basler Kochschule" from 1877 and continues through the city's culinary diversity - served in themed snacks from the past and ...
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The exhibition tells the story of Italian migration in the 20th century and shows how deeply Italians have shaped Basel culturally, culinarily, politically, athletically, and economically. It becomes ...