The convent’s museum is located in the Planta Tower, an over one-thousand-year-old fortified residential tower. The sound of the liturgical bell invites you to follow your guide on a journey through 1200 years of convent and architectural history. The Benedictine nuns of Müstair allow visitors a glimpse inside the convent and their daily life in former times and nowadays.
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A convent life is a community life, a structured life, with a balanced mix of prayer, work and spiritual reading. Since its foundation in the 8th century the convent of St. John has always been lived in. The Benedictine spirituality is clearly present. With his Rule St. Benedict laid the foundation for a religious order in which the brothers and sisters treat one another with respect and humility...
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World Heritage Site since 1983. It was decided to inscribe the Benedictine Convent of St. John in the UNESCO World Heritage List at the ordinary session of the World Heritage Committee from 5 – 9 December 1983, in Florence...
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Opening times
The museum is open daily, except on 25th December
May – October:
9:00 – 17:00
Sundays / public holidays: 13:30 – 17:00
November – April:
10:00 – 12:00 und 13:30 – 16:30
Sundays / public holidays: closed in the morning
Information and booking
museum & butia
Museum and convent shop
T. +41 (0)81 858 61 89
visit-museum@muestair.ch