Museum Kleines Klingental

The Kleines Klingental Museum presents an extensive collection of sandstone sculptures from the Basel cathedral up to around 1200: dragons, figures of saints, fantasy and mythical creatures. With changing exhibitions, guided tours, events and concerts, the museum provides insights into known and unknown aspects of Basel's cultural history.

The museum is located in the founding building of the former Dominican convent at Klingental on the banks of the Rhine in Kleinbasel, in the immediate vicinity of the middle Rhine bridge. It is the only convent building of what used to be ten large monasteries in the city of Basel and is now open to the public. In a unique way, it conveys something of the atmosphere of the pre-Reformation period. Several rooms with interior fittings from the early 16th century are well preserved.