Museum Aargau Wettingen Abbey
Museum Aargau Wettingen Abbey
Wettingen Abbey
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Vindonissa Museum

Quiz Tour

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/event/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

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/vindonissa-museum/event/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

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/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

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/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

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/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

 
Wettingen Abbey

Convent garden

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/convent-garden

Admission Free of charge English park, kitchen garden and plane tree avenue Discover secluded spots in the convent garden of Wettingen Abbey and stroll through the historic kitchen garden. A walk thro

 
Wettingen Abbey

Abbot's house

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/abbots-house

Permanent exhibition Admission Entrance free 0 Stately summer residence The stately abbot's house is situated to the south-west of the abbey, near the river Limmat. You can reach it by walking from th

 
Wettingen Abbey

Abbot's garden

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wettingen-abbey/event/abbots-garden

Admission Free of charge Stately summer residence of the head of the abbey Stroll through the abbot's garden at Wettingen Abbey, and imagine how the abbot once received his guests here. The garden ext

 
Wildegg Castle

Living history museum and ancestral portrait gallery

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/wildegg-castle/event/living-history-museum-and-ancestral-portrait-gallery

Permanent exhibition Admission Museum entrance fee Former castle residents are waiting to chat with visitors! Wildegg Castle is the castle of talking portraits: in the ancestral portrait gallery and t

 
Hallwyl Castle

Castle tour

https://www.museumaargau.ch/en/hallwyl-castle/event/castle-tour

Audio tour Admission Museum entrance fee 0 Discover Hallwyl Castle In the many rooms at Hallwyl Castle there are individual numbers on steles as well as on portraits. By typing in the number into the

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Opening hours and entrance fees

Open from Tuesday to Sunday

Open from Tuesday to Sunday

Discover Wettingen Abbey from April to October: opening hours, entrance fees and discounts on the tour at a glance.

Opening hours

Opening hours of the museum with monks' church (part of the abbey church), cloister, parlatorium, auditorium and puzzle tour of the abbey.

1 April to 1 November 2026 
Monday*closed
Tuesday – Saturday10 am – 5 pm
Sunday and holidays**10 am – 5 pm (abbey church open from 12 midday)
*Also open on Monday (10 am – 5 pm): abbey church
**The museum is also open on the following holidays: Easter (Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday), Pentecost (Whit Sunday and Whit Monday), Ascension Day and Swiss National Day (1 August)

The abbey church is currently closed for restoration.

Open daily 
April to September8 am – 9.45 pm
October to March8 am – 8 pm

Abbey park and gardens

Entrance fees

The museum ticket entitles you to visit the abbey complex (including the monks' church, cloister, parlatorium, auditorium and puzzle tour of the abbey).

Categoryp.P.from 10 P.
AdultsCHF 14CHF 10
Vocational trainees and students (up to age 26)CHF 10CHF 8
Children (ages 6–16)CHF 8CHF 4
Family ticket A (2 adults + max. 5 children)CHF 35 
Family ticket B (1 adult + max. 5 children)CHF 25 
School classes (2 teachers free) CHF 4

The following abbey areas can be visited free of charge:

  • Abbey church
  • Abbey park and garden
  • Abbot's house
  • Free admission: Swiss Museum Pass, Raiffeisen MemberPlus, VMS, ICOM
  • Reduced admission: Schools, families and groups of 10 or more (see admission prices for details), Kulturlegi (50% off the regular museum entrance fee), Guests with disabilities (reduced group admission price, 1 accompanying person free of charge)

  • Reduced admission with a booked tour: Benefit from reduced admission prices to the museum when booking an offer for groups and schools:

    Categoryp.P.from 10 P.
    AdultsCHF 7CHF 5
    Vocational trainees and students (up to age 26)CHF 5CHF 4
    Children (ages 4–16)CHF 4CHF 3
  • Schools in the canton of Aargau benefit from a 50% reduction on travel, admission and the education programme ("Kultur macht Schule" grant). This offer should be booked directly through Museum Aargau.

Gift vouchers are available at the ticket office and online (in German).

  • Tickets are available at the ticket office and online.
  • Payment can be made in CHF. Credit cards (including Maestro, Visa and Mastercard), Postcard, Twint and Reka-Card are also accepted.
  • Admission prices may vary for special events (in German). All prices in CHF, prices subject to change.
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