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Museum Ludwig

Heinrich-Böll-Platz
50667 Cologne

The Museum Ludwig is one of Europe’s most important art museums and houses one of the world’s most significant collections of 20th and 21st century.

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Copyright: Dominik Schmitz

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum -
cultures of the world

Cäcilienstraße 29-33
50667 Cologne

The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Cultures of the World is Cologne's ethnological museum. It is the only municipal ethnological museum in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Copyright: Constantin Meyer

MAKK - Museum of Applied Arts Cologne

An der Rechtschule 7
50667 Cologne

The MAKK – Mueum of Applied Arts Cologne shows what defines people in their external appearance, including jewelry, porcelain, weapons, furniture and architecture.

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Copyright: Landwehr

KOLUMBA – The Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne

Kolumbastraße 4
50667 Cologne

Kolumba is the art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, which presents two thousand years of Western culture, with artworks from late antiquity to the present.

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Copyright: MOK, Alexandra Malinka

MOK - Museum for East Asian Art

Universitätsstraße 100
50674 Cologne

The Museum of East Asian Art Cologne is houses one of the most extensive and important collections of Chinese, Korean and Japanese art in Germany.

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WALLRAF-RICHARTZ-MUSEUM & FONDATION CORBOUD

Obenmarspforten (next to the town hall)
50667 Cologne

The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud has the most extensive colletion of Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist art in Germany.

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Copyright: Kölnischer Kunstverein

KÖLNISCHER KUNSTVEREIN – Die Brücke

Hahnenstraße 6
50667 Cologne

The Kölnischer Kunstverein was founded in 1839 and is one of the oldest and most renowned exhibition institutions for contemporary art in Germany.

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Copyright: Stephan Kube

Museum Schnütgen

Cäcilienstraße 29-33
50667 Cologne

The Museum Schnütgen is a Museum for Christian art. Most of the exhibits were created in the Middle Ages between the 11th and 15th centuries in the Rhineland. The museum is considered an important institute for medieval research.

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Copyright: SK Stiftung Kultur, Julia Steinkamp

Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur

Im Mediapark 7
50670 Cologne

The Photographic Collection/SK Stiftung Kultur includes over 30,000 photographs by historical and contemporary photographers. First and foremost is the August Sander Archive as well as important groups of works from the oeuvre of the artist couple Bernd and Hilla Becher.

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Copyright: ccfranken

Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

Neumarkt 18-24
50667 Cologne

Das Käthe Kollwitz Museum on Cologne’s Neumarkt is home to the world’s most extensive collection of works by Käthe Kollwitz.

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artothek – space for young art

Am Hof 50
50667 Cologne

The artothek is a collection with a stock of more than 1.500 works and includes artworks by international and Cologne based artists of various styles and techniques, which can be borrowed on a temporary basis.

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Kunst-Station Sankt Peter

Jabachstraße 1
Entry: Leonarhard-Tietz-Str. 6
50676 Cologne

The Kunst-Station Sankt Peter is a place of dialog between art, music, architecture and religion.

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Museums and Institutions RHINELAND

Aachen - Ludwig Forum of international Art

Jülicher Str. 97 – 109
52070 Aachen

The Ludwig Forum for International Art is a museum for Modern Art in Aachen. It is based on the Ludwig Collection, which was put together by the Aachen collector couple Irene and Peter Ludwig in the middle of the 20th century.

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Aachen, NAK - Neuer Aachener Kunstverein

Passstraße 29
52070 Aachen

The NAK is one of the youngest art associations in Germany and serves as an innovative platform for contemporary art and its discourse.

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Bad Honnef, KAT - Kunst am Turm / Collection Andra Lauffs-Wegner

Haus Hedwig
Drachenfelsstr. 4–7
53604 Bad Honnef-Rhöndorf

The Andra Lauffs-Wegner collection - with a focus on sculpture, installation, painting and photography - now comprises around 300 works by around 95 international artists from various decades, with the emphasis on contemporary art.

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Bedburg-Hau, Museum Schloss Moyland

Am Schloß 4
47551 Bedburg-Hau

The museum's collection is based on the van der Grinten brothers' former private collection of fine and applied art from the 19th to 21st centuries. It has the world's largest complex of works by the artist Joseph Beuys and represents the center of the collection.

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Bergisch-Gladbach, Museum Villa Zanders

Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8
51465 Bergisch Gladbach

The Museum Villa Zanders is dedicated to building up a collection of “art made of paper” and comprises around 500 exhibits by around 150 artists from Germany and abroad.

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Bonn, Bundeskunsthalle

Helmut-Kohl-Allee 4
53113 Bonn

The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, or Bundeskunsthalle for short, is one of the most visited museums in Germany. Located on the Museum Mile in Bonn, the exhibition hall shows temporary exhibitions with important art treasures and cultural assets from all over the world.

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Bonn, Bonner Kunstverein

Hochstadenring 22
53119 Bonn

The Bonner Kunstverein is a non-profit institution that is characterized by its continuing pioneering position in international contemporary art. The Kunstverein is a place of production, mediation and dialog.

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Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bonn

Helmut-Kohl-Allee 2
53113 Bonn

The municipal art museum in Bonn has probably the most important collection of German art after 1945 and for classical modernism around August Macke.

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Bonn, August Macke Haus

Hochstadenring 36
53119 Bonn

The heart of the museum is the home and studio of the world-famous painter and expressionist August Macke (1887-1914), which is set up as a biographical museum and is accompanied by changing special exhibitions on expressionism and the art of classical modernism.

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Brühl, Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR

Comesstraße 42 / Max-Ernst-Allee 1
50321 Brühl

The Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR is dedicated to the life and work of the internationally renowned artist Max Ernst (1891-1976), who was born in Brühl. The collection provides an overview of around 70 years of work by one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

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Duisburg, MKM - Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art

Philosophenweg 55
47051 Duisburg

The MKM – Museum Küppersmühle for Modern Art, located directly in Duisburg's lively inner harbor, is one of Germany's largest private museums and a diverse center for international contemporary art.

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Duisburg, Lehmbruck Museum

Foundation – Centre for International Sculpture
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße 40
47051 Duisburg

Located in the center of Duisburg, the Lehmbruck Museum is a museum for sculpture. Its collection of modern sculptures by artists such as Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brâncuși, Hans Arp and of course Wilhelm Lehmbruck is unique in Europe.

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Düren, LHM Leopold-Hoesch-Museum

Hoeschplatz 1
52349 Düren

The Leopold-Hoesch-Museum is a museum of fine arts. Its collection includes important works of classical modernism, concrete art, the ZERO movement and contemporary art.

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Düsseldorf, K20 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Grabbeplatz 5
40213 Düsseldorf

The collection on display at K20 has been assembled since 1961 and includes major works of classical modernism, including important works by artists such as Max Beckmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.

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Düsseldorf, K21 – Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Ständehausstraße 1
40217 Düsseldorf

The international contemporary art of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen has its place in K21. While changing exhibitions can be seen in the basement and on the Bel Etage, the collection of contemporary art of the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia is located in the rooms around the arcades on the 2nd and 3rd floors house.

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Düsseldorf, KAI10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION

Kaistraße 10
40221 Düsseldorf

KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION was founded in 2008 by entrepreneur Monika Schnetkamp as a non-commercial art institution, with the aim of creating an independent space for contemporary art. The exhibition spaces, located in Düsseldorf’s Media Harbor, offer over 600 square meters for the presentation of innovative artistic projects.

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Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

Grabbeplatz 4
40213 Düsseldorf

The Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is a modern exhibition hall in the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital of Düsseldorf.

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Düsseldorf, KIT - Kunst Im Tunnel

Mannesmannufer 1b
40213 Düsseldorf

KIT - Kunst im Tunnel is an underground exhibition venue for contemporary art in Düsseldorf. The focus of the program is on the presentation of young, contemporary art from the fields of sculpture, painting, photography, video and installation art.

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Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen

Grabbeplatz 4
40213 Düsseldorf

Founded in 1829, the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Düsseldorf is one of Germany’s oldest Kunstvereins.

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Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast

Ehrenhof 4-5
40479 Düsseldorf

The Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf, founded in 1913, unites almost all art genres and epochs under one roof and, with its diverse collection and stimulating exhibition program, offers space for research, presentation and contemporary mediation.

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Düsseldorf, NRW-Forum

Ehrenhof 2
40479 Düsseldorf

The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf is an exhibition and event venue in Düsseldorf's Ehrenhof with a focus on photography, pop and digital culture.

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Düsseldorf, Sammlung Philara

Birkenstraße 47
40233 Düsseldorf

The Philara Collection is a public exhibition house for international contemporary art. In the former Glaserei Lennarz in the central Düsseldorf district of Flingern, both solo exhibitions and thematic group exhibitions are now shown on 1,700 square meters. The Gil Bronner collection, which comprises over 1,800 works, can also be seen.

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Essen, Museum Folkwang

Museumspplatz 1
45128 Essen

Works by van Gogh, Cézanne and Gauguin meet works by Rothko, Pollock and Richter: the Museum Folkwang is one of the most renowned German art museums with an outstanding collection of 19th century painting and sculpture, classical modernism and art after 1945, as well as photography.

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Kerpen, Haus Mödrath Räume für Kunst

An Burg Mödrath 1
50171 Kerpen

Haus Mödrath is a lively venue for changing exhibitions in which the focus is solely on the art and the artists - they should be given space to realize what is important to them. The intensive examination of art and its creators is the central concern.

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Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Haus Esters

Wilhelmshofallee 91-97
47800 Krefeld

The two city villas Haus Esters and Haus Lange were designed in 1927/28 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one of the leading representatives of Neues Bauen and today serve as venues for the temporary exhibitions of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld.

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Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

Joseph-Beuys-Platz 1
47798 Krefeld

The Kaiser Wilhelm Museum is the main building of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld, which focuses on art from the second half of the 20th century.

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Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich

Gustav-Heinemann-Straße 80
51377 Leverkusen

The Museum Morsbroich is a museum for contemporary art in Leverkusen. It was opened in 1951 as the first museum for modern art in the Federal Republic of Germany after the end of the Second World War.

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Mönchengladbach, Museum Abteiberg

Abteistraße 27
41061 Mönchengladbach

The Museum Abteiberg has one of the most important collections of art since 1960 as well as a smaller collection of Expressionism and modern avant-garde art. In addition to changing presentations of the collection, the museum organizes exhibitions of international contemporary art.

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Neuss, Langen Foundation

Raketenstation Hombroich 1
41472 Neuss

The exhibition building initiated and endowed by the collector Marianne Langen is situated on a former NATO base amidst a swath of Lower Rhine landscape.

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Neuss, Museum Insel Hombroich

Minkel 2
41472 Neuss

Art in parallel to Nature . The motto of Museum Insel Hombroich was chosen to echo a statement of Paul Cézanne’s – that art is a harmony parallel to nature; and it captures the spirit of the Museum’s fostering concept of creating a space as an ideal in both museum and landscape terms.

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Neuss, Skulpturenhalle

Lindenweg, Ecke Berger Weg
41472 Neuss

The Thomas Schütte Foundation's sculpture hall on the outskirts of Neuss is the largest and most ambitious building to date to be based on a model by the artist Thomas Schütte. The sculpture hall is located between the grounds of the Museum Insel Hombroich, the Kirkeby Field, the former rocket station, which is also used as an exhibition venue, and the Langen Foundation.

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Remagen, Arp Museum Rolandseck

Hans-Arp-Allee 1
53424 Remagen

The Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck has four exhibition levels, which are used for changing presentations. The focus is on the art of Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. In special exhibitions, sculptures and paintings by contemporary artists are shown in dialog with these works.

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Wuppertal, Von der Heydt Museum

Turmhof 8
42103 Wuppertal

The Von der Heydt Museum is an art museum in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, which was founded in 1902 as the Elberfeld Municipal Museum. Since 1961, it has borne the name von der Heydt in memory of the banking family that was so important in promoting the museum.

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