List of museums in Cologne

This article lists museums in Cologne. The Rhine metropolis with over 1,000 living here and working visual artists, several universities, academies and further education institutions in the field of art, the Central Archive of the international art trade, as well as numerous art and cultural festivals, prices and publishers one of the most important art cities of Germany. Art Cologne Photokina and are among the largest art fairs in the world.

Main collections of museums in Cologne are the 2000-year history of the city and of the Rhineland, as well as applied and visual arts from antiquity to the present. Unlike many other regions of Germany, the Rhineland has little courtly collections. Significantly, therefore, for the Cologne museum scene is the importance of the urban collections, often based on civic initiatives. One of the first patron of the arts and history was Ferdinand Franz Wallraf; note are also the commitment of the Cologne Kunstverein and the foundations of the collector couple Irene and Peter Ludwig.

  • 2.1 Urban Art and Exhibition Halls
  • 2.2 Private Art and Exhibition Halls
  • 3.1 City of Leverkusen
  • 3.2 Rhein -Erft
  • 3.3 Rheinisch- Bergisch District

Museums

Civic Museums

The museums of the city of Cologne managed since 1965 by the Museum Service Cologne. The Museum Service is an agency of the City Council of Cologne and one of the leading institutions for museum education in Germany. He is also responsible for the marketing of museums and is also involved in the strategic development of the museum's site in Cologne. The museum service initiates, coordinates and manages cross-border projects on content with a focus on the social dimension of art and culture.

More museum -related, urban furnishings are the Historical Archive of Cologne, and the Art and Museum Library of the City of Cologne ( KMB ) with Rhenish Image Archive (RBA ).

  • Zündorfer tower
  • Junior Museum
  • Agfa Photo Historama
  • Mikveh
  • Praetorium
  • Synagogue
  • Ubiermonument

The Museum of East Asian Art 2010 still had some 55,000 visitors, but was closed until its reopening in November 2011 for several months for renovations.

  • Leopold Reidemeister (1954-1957)
  • Otto Helmut Förster (1957-1960)
  • Gert von der Osten (1960-1975)
  • Gerhard Bott (1975-1980)
  • Hugo Borger (1981-1990)

Other public museums and collections

  • Culture Collection of Algae
  • Geomuseum
  • Herbarium
  • Instrument collection
  • Mineralogical and Petrological collection
  • Coin Collection
  • Papyrus Collection
  • Theatre Archive
  • Prehistory and Early History Collection
  • Carl and Liselott Diem archive ( CuLDA )

Ecclesiastical Museums

Private Museums

  • German Dance Archive
  • Photographic Collection

Irregular or open museums to visit by appointment only

  • Museum of thoughtless
  • Museum of action art
  • Artist Museum Beckers Böll
  • Fire Museum
  • Lighter Museum

Closed or museums with former seat or location in Cologne

  • Museum of Prehistory and Early History
  • Beatles Museum
  • Küppers Beer Museum

Art and Exhibition Halls

Urban Art and Exhibition Halls

Private Art and Exhibition Halls

Among the more than 100 private art and exhibition halls in Cologne also includes over 20 non-commercial art spaces and independent art initiatives.

Museums in the region of Cologne

At the Cologne / Bonn region are next to Cologne and Bonn (→ see list of museums ), the city of Leverkusen and the districts Rhein -Erft and Rheinisch- Bergisch District.

Leverkusen

  • Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen

Rhein -Erft

  • Bedburg Rosengart Museum
  • Automobiles and technical museum Berendes
  • Mining Museum
  • Mauseum (2500 Mice objects )
  • Pipe museum " Chateau Henri "
  • Piano Museum House Eller
  • Schloss Paffendorf with information center lignite
  • Brühl ( Rhineland ) ceramics Museum
  • Max Ernst Museum
  • Museum of history of everyday life
  • Augustus Locks and Falkenlust
  • Museum tax and financial history collection of the Federal Finance Academy
  • Keramion Foundation - Center for Modern and historical ceramics
  • House of Art and History
  • Kolping Museum
  • Museum H. J. Tree
  • Villa Getaways - Museum of Racing History

Rheinisch- Bergisch District

  • Bergisch Gladbach Bergisch Museum of Mining, Manufacturing and Commercial
  • LVR Industrial Museum: Paper Museum Old Dombach
  • Paper History Collection of the Zanders Foundation
  • School Museum Bergisch Gladbach - Collection Cüppers
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Museum Ludwig EL-DE-Haus Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum 4711 Deutz AG Technology museum Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund Japanese art Japan Foundation Centrum Schwule Geschichte Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis Automobiles L. Rosengart Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia Frechen Kerpen Long Night of Museums Integrated Authority File
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