World Heritage Days 2023: Convent St. John in Müstair

On the 11th of June 2023, the Convent of St. John in Müstair will not only celebrate 40 years as a UNESCO World Heritage property but also the World Heritage Days!  Besides traditional activities such as the liturgy of the Benedictine nuns, the following awaits you:

Various free guided tours (Convent St. John)

• Guided tour of the church with Prof. Dr Bernd Nicolai: A House of St. Charles - 1200 years of imagery and its built setting (45 minutes, start at 11:00)

• Guided tour of the Holy Cross Chapel (50 minutes, start at 12:00, 13:00, 14:45, 15:45) 

• Guided tour of the church and monastery museum (90 minutes, start at 12:15, 13:45,14:00)

• Guided tour to wall paintings in the central apse (30 minutes, start at 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 15:45)

• SCHAU! Guided tour through the archaeological archive (50 minutes, start at 12:00, 14:00, 15:30)

Family activities (Plaz Grond)

Diverse  hands-on programs for the entire family are offered from 12:00 to 17:30 on Plaz Grond:

• Play cubes: Make your own wooden dice and test historical dice games.

• Sgraffito Workshop: Learn the craft of sgraffito.

• Open painting workshop: Add colour to historical motifs with coloured pencils

Information stands & exposition (Plaz Grond)

• Information and product stands of the Biosfera Müstair and Tessanda Hand weaving

•  Exposition of the UNESCO World Heritage in Switzerland

Liturgy of the Benedictine nuns (Convent St. John)

From 17.30 - 17.50 will take place the Benedictine nuns' Liturgy

Food & Beverage (Plaz Grond & Convent St. John)

Food and beverage are available from 12:00 to 18:00 at the Plaz Grond and Convent St. John in Müstair:

• Chasa Chalavaina catering 

• Coffee & cake from Meier-Beck 

• Monastery shop

Concert (Convent St. John)

A concert by Eva-Maria Burkhart (cello) and Stephan Britt (clarinet) will take place in the convent's church from 18:00 to 19:00.

The tours and lectures offered are free of charge. Registration via visit-museum@muestair.ch or on the day of the event is required at the monastery shop. The number of participants for the guided tours is limited.