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, the Basel Minster Building Workshop has regularly made impressions. They are kept in order to serve as models for the necessary repairs in the event of loss due to weathering or damage. Selected plaster objects are shown in the exhibition, some of them for the first time. The oldest cast on display dates from the 1840s. They enable a direct encounter at eye level and bring the medieval sculptors' love of detail to life.
Attention to detail
This exhibition is available in
German
Plaster casts of Basel Minster
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Unterer Rheinweg 26
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Basel
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Events in this museum
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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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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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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 ...
