Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Meeting point: Museum entrance
Basel's attractions include the two equestrian statues in the Kleiner Klingental. The focus is less on the monumental horses than on other animal figures. Sculptures of European standing bear witness to the close relationship between humans and animals. The animalistic merges into vegetal form. Although dinosaurs and archaeopteryx are missing from the Apell, mythical creatures such as dragons, antholops and the bird Gryff inspire the imagination. Bat noses and fin-like elephant ears here, goat hooves there: gargoyles come up with a wealth of transitional forms and never-before-seen dro leries in chimerical contortion. The tour provides insights into a curious world as part of creation, in which only an aesthetic of unruly ugliness makes it possible to glimpse flawless beauty.
Guided tour: Gian Casper Bott, Director Museum Kleines Klingental
Price: CHF 10.- / 7.-
Meeting point: Museum entrance
Basel's attractions include the two equestrian statues in the Kleiner Klingental. The focus is less on the monumental horses than on other animal figures. Sculptures of European standing bear witness to the close relationship between humans and animals. The animalistic merges into vegetal form. Although dinosaurs and archaeopteryx are missing from the Apell, mythical creatures such as dragons, antholops and the bird Gryff inspire the imagination. Bat noses and fin-like elephant ears here, goat hooves there: gargoyles come up with a wealth of transitional forms and never-before-seen dro leries in chimerical contortion. The tour provides insights into a curious world as part of creation, in which only an aesthetic of unruly ugliness makes it possible to glimpse flawless beauty.
Guided tour: Gian Casper Bott, Director Museum Kleines Klingental
Price: CHF 10.- / 7.-
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