Königsfelden Abbey

Accessibility

Getting here Arriving by car Visitors with reduced mobility can park at the meeting centre of Königsfelden Psychiatric Services. From there it is about 4 minutes to the convent church on a level path.

 
Königsfelden Abbey

Tour of the Abbey complex

Visit the exhibitions at Königsfelden Abbey and travel back to the time when the convent church was built. The Habsburgs built Königsfelden Abbey on the ruins of the Roman legionary camp of Vindonissa

 
Königsfelden Abbey

Abbey, stained glass windows & history

CONVENT CHURCH & HISTORY The Abbey complex Impressive convent church Stained glass windows Late medieval glass painting History A king's murder and the foundation of the Abbey

 
Königsfelden Abbey

Events

 
Vindonissa Museum

AKTUELL display

Admission: Museum entrance fee Highlights from the Cantonal Archaeology Department The AKTUELL display presents special treasures from the former legionary camp at Vindonissa. A new display is install

 
Vindonissa Museum

Quiz Tour

Price Included in admission 0 Trough the museum with the treasure map Our archaeologist on duty, Walter Scatterbrain, has been dreaming of grand palaces and glittering treasure again. He forgot where

 
Vindonissa Museum

Permanent exhibition on Vindonissa

Admission: Museum entrance fee Discover original objects from excavations! How did the Romans live 2,000 years ago on the territory of present-day Switzerland? What did they eat? What weapons and clot

 
Wettingen Abbey

Observatory

Permanent exhibition Admission Museum entrance fee Take a journey through the history of knowledge and belief At the Observatory, take a journey through the history of knowledge and belief in a cinema

 
Wettingen Abbey

Medicinal garden

Admission Free of charge Tradition of monastic healing Today, medicinal herbs, spices, flowers and also certain vegetables grow in the medicinal garden of Wettingen Abbey. The garden showcases the lon

 
Wettingen Abbey

Cloister garden

Admission Museum entrance fee Idyllic garden in the heart of the abbey complex Experience a special monastic atmosphere in the cloister garden of Wettingen Abbey: the idyllic garden with its meadow, y

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Drei Mädchen stehen in der Ausstellung im Vindonissa Museum. Vor ihnen stehen zwei lebensgrosse Legionäre (Figuren)

Vindonissa Museum

Roman Finds from 100 Years of Research

Enjoy an interactive experience of the ancient world! The Vindonissa Museum in Brugg shows the most important finds from Vindonissa, the only Roman legionary camp on the territory of present-day Switzerland.

ALL OFFERS AT A GLANCE

 
Blick in einen Ausstellungsraum des Vindonissa Museum. Der Raum ist bevölkert mit vielen Besuchenden, in der Mitte zwei lebensgrosse Legionäre.

Museum and
exhibitions

Original Roman objects  

 
Ein kräftig gebauter Gladiator mit Schild und Schwert in Siegespose, im Hintergrund viel Publikum im Amphitheater Vindonissa (Veranstaltung Römertag).

Events and public
guided tours

Calendar of events (in German)  

 
Kinder als Forscher und Forscherinnen gekleidet lehnen sich an einen spiegelnden Tisch

For
schools

Roman history up close  

 
Kinder als Forscherinnen und Forscher verkleidet begutachten die Ausstellung und lösen Rätsel (Aufnahme von Oben)

For
families

Archaeological treasure hunt  

 
Ausstellung von zwei Legionären im Vindonissa Museum

For
groups

Guided and other tours  

INFORMATION ABOUT VINDONISSA MUSEUM

 
Geöffnete Eingangstüre aus Holz in das Vindonissa Museum

How to find us

Arrival by car, train and bus  

 
Visualisierung/Animation Antikes Vindonissa

Archaeological research

A whole series of spectacular finds  

 
Zwei Jungen betrachten mit Kopfhörern die Dauerausstellung im Vinodnissa Museum

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Information and reservations