How did a 400 kg building stone of a Roman monumental structure get under the Freie Strasse? What do a hand washing vessel, leather remains and a casting mould reveal about life and crafts in medieval Basel? These and other spectacular finds from two millennia come from current and earlier excavations and tell the story of the city centre. They shed light on the origins and changes of the market square, its adjoining streets and alleys, and bear witness to a devastating neighbourhood fire. They are being shown for the first time in this exhibition, which was created in cooperation with the Archaeological Soil Research Basel-Stadt.
Salvaged from the underground
This exhibition is available in
German
Archaeological finds from the centre of Basel
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In the 1990s, Markus Böhmer played a decisive role in setting up the permanent exhibition of the reopened Museum Kleines Klingental. As a sculptor who was closely involved in the process, he gives a ...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1 p.m. Monastery kitchen Speaker: Elias Flatscher, Senior Assistant for Medieval Archaeology, University of Zurich In an atmospheric setting, over coffee or tea, experts will ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2.30 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance Curator Sarah Wicki will personally guide you through the exhibition she has created entitled "Salvaged from the Underground - ...
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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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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 ...
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Saturday, April 12, 2025, 2:30 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Small Refectory Klingental was not only a monastery, but also extremely active economically. It documented its economic activities in the ...
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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 ...
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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, May 21, 2025, 7:30 p.m. Large refectory Concert with Cornelia Lenzin (piano), Aurea Marston (soprano) and Tobias Van der Pals (cello) Leopold van der Pals (1884-1966) was a composer of the ...
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Thursday, May 22, 2025, 6 p.m. Large refectory Ceremonial opening of the new special exhibition "Attention to detail - plaster casts of Basel Minster".
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 2.30 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 ...
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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, June 11, 2025, 6 p.m. Large refectory and monastery kitchen The wall painting fragments from Ernst Stückelberg's Künstlerhaus have been restaged by Staufenegger + Partner and integrated ...
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Saturday, June 21, 2025, 2 to 6 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, inner courtyard and large refectory Join Svenska Klubben Basel for a midsummer festival at Klingental with the decorating and erecting ...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 6 p.m. Museum Kleines Klingental, Large Refectory Ceremonial opening of the special exhibition "City worth living in".
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Sunday, August 17, 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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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, September 3, 2025, 2:30 p.m. Meeting point: Blumenrain 34, Seidenhof In its thousand-year history, architectural stained glass has evolved from Christian iconography. The spiritual and ...
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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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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, October 1, 2025, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Meeting point: Museum entrance The Museum Kleines Klingental exhibits red sandstone sculptures from Basel Cathedral dating from around 1200 to the 16th ...
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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, 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, 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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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 ...