Museum
Wettingen monastery peninsula
Klosterhalbinsel Wettingen, Wettingen
The best-preserved Cistercian monastery in Switzerland with its magnificent monastery church and historic gardens offers interactive exhibitions and tours. Culture, education, history and hospitality come together at this place of power on the Limmat.
A trip to the Wettingen monastery peninsula is an experience for the whole family. The convent garden offers secluded spots, a historic kitchen garden and an avenue of 200-year-old plane trees. A stone's throw away is the abbey house with its terraced garden. A medicinal garden illustrates the long tradition of monastic medicine.
The best-preserved Cistercian monastery in Switzerland with its imposing 13th century monastery church sits enthroned in the heart of the monastery peninsula. The Romanesque-Gothic cloister is famous for its stained glass from the 13th to 17th centuries.
Museum Aargau offers interactive exhibitions on the Wettingen monastery peninsula, tricky tours as well as guided tours and workshops on the topics of faith, power and knowledge. Cultural events take place on a regular basis.
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Address
Klosterhalbinsel Wettingen
Klosterstrasse 10
5430 Wettingen
Date
Public holidays: 10:00 - 17:00
Price
Adults: CHF 14.00
Children (6-16 years): CHF 8.00
Vocational trainees / students (up to 26 years): CHF 10.00
Family ticket A (2 adults + max. 5 children): CHF 35.00
Family ticket B (1 adult + max. 5 children): CHF 25.00
Contact
Klosterhalbinsel Wettingen
Museum Aargau
Klosterstrasse 10
5630 Wettingen
klosterhalbinselwettingen@ag.ch
0848 871 200
Category
- Museum
Target groups
- Also recommended for children
- Also recommended for groups / companys
- Also recommended for school classes (special offers)
Time and visit planning
- Recommended especially in summer
Topic
- Church / Monastery
- Man / Society
Access for disabled people
- Not wheelchair accessible
Services
- With own restaurant
Accessibility
- Parking space
- Distance to the (main) train station: 400 m
- Distance to train, bus or tram stop: 300 m
We are recommended for ...
- Family Events
- Corporate Events
- Birthday
- Weddings
Access conditions
- Reduced-fare with disability card
- Raiffeisen customers: Free admission
- Swiss Museum Pass: free admission
- Children (below 6 years) free
- Reduction for young people up to 16 years
- Reduction for families
- Kulturlegi: Reduction
- Reduction for learners and students up to the age of 25
- Reduction for groups
Webcode
www.guidle.com/vmExQV