Convent museum
The convent museum is located in the Planta Tower, a thousand-year-old place of residence and refuge. Take a guided tour through 1,250 years of the convent, art and architectural history. The Benedictine nuns of Müstair give you an insight into their convent and their life then and now.
Museum visit
Your visit to the museum takes you into the cloister, then on to the mighty cellar of the Planta Tower and the three upper floors to experience a ‘convent within a convent. You will enter reception and living rooms, bedchambers and prayer rooms as well as graceful high-raftered parlour from the Baroque period.. Admire archaeological finds and treasures of art history and learn more about life behind the convent walls.
To the visitor information museum
Exhibitions: between past and present
Our exhibitions showcase the convent’s collection from a contemporary point of view and offer perspectives on the art treasures of the past and present.
To the exhibitions
Convent Church and Chapel of the Holy Cross
The convent church was originally reserved for the convent itself. Now it serves as a parish church and place of worship for all believers.
Convent Church and Chapel of the Holy Cross
The convent church is home to the world's largest and best-preserved cycle of frescoes from the early Middle Ages. Carolingian and Romanesque paintings adorn the walls and the three apses. The paintings depict the life of King David from the Old Testament, the childhood, ministry and suffering of Jesus, and the ascension and second coming of Christ. The apses are dedicated to saints and martyrs: St John the Baptist, St Stephen, St Peter and St Paul.
Church and Chapel of the Holy Cross
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Virtual tour of the Müstair convent church
With many detailed pictures, extensive information on the church’s furnishings, architecture and paintings, even in inaccessible areas such as the gallery and roof framing, the virtual tour gives you an on-screen experience of the convent church.
Virtual tour
Plenty of good things from the convent shop
We offer products from the convent and Val Müstair as well as books and publications about the convent, the artistic and cultural landscape of the valley and the neighbouring Vinschgau Valley.
To the convent shop
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Our offering for children & families
For children and families: a fun tour of Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair.
Children & Families
