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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Sunday, May 31, 2026, 2 p.m. Désirée Hess, curator and co-director of the Museum Kleines Klingental, gives special insights into the special exhibition "Basel on a Plate - Culinary City History(s)" ...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Large Refectory Concert with Agata Michalec Stahl (violin), Milena Kowarik (cello), Hristo Kazakov (piano) and Brigitte Kowarik (voice) ...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 2.30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance In the Middle Ages, the Klingental monastery had an extensive garden known for its variety of medicinal plants. Many Basel residents ...
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Meeting point: On the Pfalz behind the cathedral End: Schifflände The "Spyys und Drangg" tour is offered on the occasion of the special exhibition "Basel on a Plate - Culinary City History(s)" as a ...
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Workshop with: Dubravka Vrdoljak, food activist and food scientist, and Rosa Gasparoli, cultural anthropologist and production manager in a work integration kitchen Together, Dubravka Vrdoljak and ...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Speaker: Philipp Messner, Head of the Poster Collection at the Basel School of Design In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts take ...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Curator Désirée Hess will guide you through the exhibition and provide exclusive insights behind the scenes. Discover exciting stories about Basel's food ...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Large Refectory Concert with Miriam Terragni (flute), Aurea Marston (soprano), Jana Ozolina (violin), Gunta Ābele (cello) and ...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Speaker: Dr. Marion Mertens, environmental scientist, employee at the Life Science AG In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts ...
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Thursday, September 10, 2026, 5.30 p.m. Thursday, October 8, 2026, 5.30 p.m. Thursday, November 12, 2026, 5.30 p.m. After taking a look at the exhibition, you will taste selected Basel specialties ...
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Saturday, September 12, 2026, 2 to 5 p.m., Museum Kleines Klingental Large buffet of rescued food from 11 am to 4 pm on Unterer Rheinweg in front of the kHaus. On the occasion of the banquet ...
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Saturday, September 12, 2026, 2 and 3:30 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental Guided tours of the exhibition will take place as part of the program for the European Heritage Day in Basel. Guided tour ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 6:15 p.m. Large refectory Speaker: Andreas Schneider, great-grandson of the inventor Music: Choir of the Three Honorary Societies of Kleinbasel Admission free ...
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Friday, September 18 and November 27, 2026, 5.30 p.m. Meeting point: St. Johanns-Vorstadt 47, 4056 Basel Tour of the oldest biscuit factory in Switzerland with tasting. Duration: 60 minutes CHF 30.- ...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 6 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Large Refectory The Museum Kleines Klingental invites you to the vernissage of its new publication. The richly illustrated book sheds ...
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Saturday, September 27, 2026, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Immerse yourself in the world of Romanesque and Gothic cathedral figures in the Museum Kleines Klingental and view these ...
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Wednesday, September 30 and November 25, 2026, 2:30 p.m. each day Meeting point: Rüdengasse 2, entrance to the former main post office In the 20th century, sacred glass painting developed into a ...
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Saturday, October 10, 2026, 2:30 p.m. A journey of discovery through the culinary visual worlds of the famous Basel artist - from iconic advertising posters to the lovingly lovingly designed doll's ...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 2:30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Immerse yourself in the world of medieval monastic life! On this guided tour, building researcher Frank Löbbecke and art historian ...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 2:30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Immerse yourself in the world of medieval monastic life! On this guided tour, building researcher Frank Löbbecke and art historian ...
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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 21, 2026, 1 p.m., monastery kitchen Speaker: Gabi Meier, bread sommelier and business owner, Bäckerei Café Meier confectionery, Basel In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea ...
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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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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 ...
Exhibition
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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 ...