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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Events in this museum
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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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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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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 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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
