The history of the Kleine Klingental - from everyday monastery life to the founding of the museum

Foto Peter Schulthess
This event is available in
German
Sunday, March 30, 2025, 2 p.m.
Meeting point: Museum entrance

The guided tour looks at the 750-year-old history of the Kleiner Klingental and its significance for Kleinbasel. Supplemented with vivid images and a look at the monastery model, the tour through the historical rooms offers exciting insights into the everyday life of the nuns in the Middle Ages. And what happened after the abolition of the convent during the Reformation? The answer to this question and the background to the opening of the museum in the 1930s round off the multifaceted history of the Little Clingen Valley.

Guided tour: Désirée Hess, Assistant Museum Kleines Klingental
Price: CHF 10.- / 7.-
Address
Unterer Rheinweg 26
4058
Basel
+41 61 267 66 25
Tarif
Paid entry
10
CHF
Rate for holders of the Museums-PASS-Musées only.
Dates
On 30 March 2025
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