A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Germany

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A list of Museums and Art Galleries in North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia - Museums and Art Galleries in North Rhine-Westphalia, including non-profit art centers and galleries, government entities, and private businesses.

NAME LOCATION TELEPHONE & WEBSITE SUMMARY
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Jülicher Str. 97-109, 52070 Aachen Telephone: +49 2411807104
http://www.ludwigforum.de/		 The Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst is a museum of modern art in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in a former industrial building that was once an umbrella factory (Schirmfabrik Brauer), designed in Bauhaus style and built in 1928. The museum contains exemplary major works of American pop art and photorealism. It also displays the development of European art from the early 1960s to the present day. Its permanent collection includes works by Nam June Paik, Duane Hanson, Joseph Beuys, Wolf Vostell, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jörg Immendorff, as well as a large collection of Cuban works.
Kunsthalle Bielefeld Artur-Ladebeck-Straße 5, 33602 Bielefeld Telephone: +49 52132999500
kunsthalle-bielefeld.de		 Initiated in 1950 with a donation by Oetker and gradually expanded from 1954 with municipal acquisitions, the collection focuses on Expressionism, international sculpture, and contemporary art. The permanent collection features a wide array of 20th-century art, including paintings by Pablo Picasso and Max Beckmann, works by the Blaue Reiter group and movements centred on László Moholy-Nagy and Oskar Schlemmer, and more recent art from the 1970s and '80s. The museum stands in a sculpture garden featuring works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Richard Serra, Ólafur Elíasson and other modern sculptors.
Bonn Women's Museum Im Krausfeld 10, 53111 Bonn Telephone: +49 228691344
frauenmuseum.de		 Since the existence of the women's museum, work from 3000 female artists was shown. Meanwhile a lot of them could establish themselves on the international art market. The women's museum is no static place with solid continuance but a vivid house that renews itself with the wealth of female creativity and variety. Meanwhile approx. 350 members belong to the association FM art, culture, research e.V.
Haus der Geschichte Willy-Brandt-Allee 14, 53113 Bonn Telephone: +49 22891650
https://www.hdg.de/		 Experience history – at the Haus der Geschichte. We present German history from the end of the Second World War to the present – in exhibitions, events, online projects and publications. The Haus der Geschichte is one of the four museums that belong to the Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Foundation.
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, 53113 Bonn Telephone: +49 22891710
www.bundeskunsthalle.de		 Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany) is one of the most visited museums in Germany. Known as the Bundeskunsthalle for short, it is part of the so-called "Museum Mile" in Bonn. It holds exhibitions relating to art and cultural history from around the world. The museum is backed by the Federal Government and the States of Germany. The head of the museum is Rein Wolfs, a position he has held since 1 March 2013. Construction of the museum started in 1989 and was completed in 1992. The museum is located next to the Bonn Museum of Modern Art.
Kunstmuseum Bonn Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 53113 Bonn Telephone: +49 228776260
kunstmuseum-bonn.de		 With one of the internationally most important collections of German art – based on the seminal inventory of works by August Macke –, the Kunstmuseum disposes over a collection profile that is unparalleled throughout the country. The collection focuses on the Rhenish Expressionists, German Art after 1945 including Joseph Beuys’ Multiples as well as graphic art including photography and the video center Ingrid Oppenheim.
Museum Ludwig Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 22122126165
www.museum-ludwig.de		 In 1946, when Josef Haubrich trans­ferred his art col­lec­tion to the Ci­ty of Cologne im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter World War II, it seemed to Cologne’s resi­dents like a dis­patch from a bet­ter world. Long be­lieved to be lost, paint­ings by Ger­man Ex­pres­sion­ists and other ex­po­nents of Clas­si­cal Mod­er­nism who had been per­se­cut­ed dur­ing the war and de­nounced as “de­gen­er­ate” sud­den­ly be­longed to the ci­ty’s resi­dents. That with it Haubrich would lay the corn­er­s­tone for the col­lec­tion of the Mu­se­um Lud­wig—and there­by for one the most im­por­tant mu­se­ums for mod­ern and con­tem­po­rary art in Eu­rope—still lay in the dis­tant fu­ture.
Wallraf-Richartz Museum Obenmarspforten 40, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 22122121119
http://www.wallraf.museum/		 The Wallraf invites you to come face to face with great masterpieces of European art. The museum has one of the world’s leading collections of mediaeval painting, with Stefan Lochner’s “Madonna of the Rose Bower” as its greatest attraction. Other highlights include works by the Baroque masters, ranging from Rubens and Rembrandt to Murillo and Boucher, the German Romantics, French Realism, and Impressionism.
Schnütgen Museum Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 22122122310
www.museum-schnuetgen.de		 The Museum Schnütgen has a valuable collection of medieval art on exhibit in one of Cologne’s oldest churches. Many of them are in and of themselves already worth a trip, such as the radiant Parler Bust, the expressive Crucifix from St. George and the unique so-called Comb of St. Heribert, a filigree ivory carving.
Museum für Angewandte Kunst An der Rechtschule, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 22122123860
museenkoeln.de		 Located in the heart of Cologne, with a view of the Cathedral’s twin towers, since 1989, the museum has been exhibiting its comprehensive collections from 800 years of European arts and crafts, as well as a jewellery collection going back 5,000 years. Providing a tour through the centuries, visitors can experience the artistic wealth of different eras and styles.
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Universitätsstraße 100, 50674 Köln Telephone: +49 22122128608
museum-fuer-ostasiatische-kunst.de		 Museum of East Asian Art
Haus Saaleck mit Artothek Am Hof 50, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 22122122332
museenkoeln.de		 Contemporary Art Gallery
Kolumba Richartzstraße 10, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 2219331930
http://www.kolumba.de/		 The Kolumba (previously Diözesanmuseum, "Diocesan Museum") is an art museum in Cologne, Germany. It is located on the site of the former St. Columba church, and run by the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is one of the oldest museums in the city, alongside the Wallraf-Richartz Museum. The collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, decorative art and religious icons from Late Antiquity to the present.
Domschatzkammer Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 22117940530
www.koelner-dom.de		 Treasure of the Cologne Cathedral
Kölnischer Kunstverein Hahnenstraße 6, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 221217021
koelnischerkunstverein.de		 The Kölnischer Kunstverein is an art museum in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany. It is named after the historical art society of the same name. The Kölnischer Kunstverein was a "Kunstverein" established in Cologne in 1839.
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Neumarkt 18-24, 50667 Köln Telephone: +49 2212272899
kollwitz.de		 The museum hosts about 300 drawings of this famous German painter and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz
Skulpturen Park Köln Elsa-Brändström-Straße 9, 50668 Köln Telephone: +49 22133668860
skulpturenparkkoeln.de		 Skulpturen Park Köln (Cologne Sculpture Park) is a major international overview of contemporary sculpture which has been on display to the public, in a series of two-year exhibitions, in Cologne, Germany, since 1997.
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Hansastraße 3, 44137 Dortmund Telephone: +49 2315025522
https://www.dortmund.de/		 The Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History (LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte) is an arts and cultural museum in Münster, Germany Besides an extensive collection ranging from spätgotik painting and sculpture to the Cranachs, the museum specializes in paintings from the Der Blau Reiter and Die Brücke movements, in particular works by August Macke.
Museum Ostwall Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse 2, 44137 Dortmund Telephone: +49 2315024723
dortmund.de		 A contemporary art museum with an extensive collection of sculptures, photography, and more with a slight focus on Expressionism.
Lehmbruck Museum Düsseldorfer Str. 51, 47051 Duisburg Telephone: +49 2032832630
lehmbruckmuseum.de		 Well known throughout Europe for its outstanding collection of modern international sculpture, this museum offers an unusual combination of exceptional architecture placed in a sculpture park, as well as sculpture sited within the urban environs.
Museum Küppersmühle Philosophenweg 55, 47051 Duisburg Telephone: +49 203 30194811
www.museum-kueppersmuehle.de		 Museum Küppersmühle (MKM) is a Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art based Duisburg's Inner Harbour. It houses the Ströher Collection. It is part of the Duisburg: Town and Harbour section of the Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail.
Forum NRW Ehrenhof 2, 40479 Düsseldorf Telephone: +49 2118926690
www.nrw-forum.de		 In group and solo exhibitions, festivals, symposia, workshops, fairs, film screenings and other innovative formats, we find high-energy, dialogue-based ways to address the issues currently shaping our society. The interdisciplinary programme is distinguished by artistic quality and cultural relevance on the highest level, while remaining intellectually accessible and engaging.
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Grabbepl. 4, 40213 Düsseldorf Telephone: +49 2118996243
kunsthalle-düsseldorf.de		 Experiments and explorations in art and sensory perception: Under the auspices of Gregor Jansen, the decidedly individual building on Grabbeplatz has established itself as a pool of international movements and local trends, new talent and big names. Opening its doors in 1967, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf instantly became a pillar of the art community and a temple of possibilities, a place free of bias, a nucleus of inspiration, hotbed of discussion, aesthetic pioneer and occasionally agent provocateur.
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K20 GRABBEPLATZ Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Grabbeplatz 5 40213 Düsseldorf Telephone: +49 2118381204
kunstsammlung.de		 The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is the art collection of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, located in Düsseldorf. United by this institution are three different exhibition venues: the K20 at Grabbeplatz, the K21 in the Ständehaus and the Schmela Haus. The Kunstsammlung was founded in 1961 by the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia as a foundation under private law for the purpose of displaying the art collection and expanding it through new acquisitions.
Museum KunstPalast Ehrenhof 4-5, 40479 Düsseldorf Telephone: +49 21156642100
http://www.smkp.de/		 The Museum Kunst Palast includes objects of fine arts from Classical antiquity to the present, including drawings, sculptures, a collection of more than 70,000 graphic exhibits and photographs, applied arts and design and one of Europe's largests glass collections.
Museum Folkwang Museumsplatz 1, 45128 Essen Telephone: +49 2018845000
https://www.museum-folkwang.de/		 Museum Folkwang contains an internationally significant collection of 19th-century German and French painting and sculpture. One focal point of the collection is German Romanticism, with Caspar David Friedrich, Carl Gustav Carus and Johan Christian Dahl, and ‘heroic’ landscape art from the Late Classicist period, for example by Philipp Hackert or Carl Rottmann. Also key are works by Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Honoré Daumier, Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet and Pierre Auguste Renoir, representing French Classicism and Realism. Masterpieces by Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Signac and Camille Pissarro illustrate the dawn of the Modern Age, initiated by Impressionism and Late Impressionism.
Abteiberg Museum Abteistraße 27, 41061 Mönchengladbach Telephone: +49 2161252637
http://www.museum-abteiberg.de/		 The Municipal Museum of Mönchengladbach was established in 1904, two years after the city’s Museum Association had been founded. A small collection focused on the city’s history moved into the rooms of a former elementary school. From then on, the collection expanded continuously. In 1922, the landmark bequest of Dr. Walter Kaesbach, a native of Mönchen-gladbach, brought the museum into possession of an outstanding collection of expressionist art and established its profile as a contemporary art museum.
Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster Telephone: +49 251590701
http://www.lwl.org/		 The LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur unites 1000 years of art, ranging from the early Middle Ages through to the present. In total the LWL-Museum’s collection comprises over 350 000 paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings and prints, coins and objects as well as 135 000 books. About 1300 exhibits are on view in the new presentation of the collection. While exploring the 51 exhibition spaces, visitors encounter works of art by Heinrich Brabender, Lucas Cranach the Elder,Franz Marc, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, August Macke, Otto Piene.
Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen Rathauspark 1, 41748 Viersen Telephone: +49 2162101160
www.viersen.de		 Die Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen i.e. the municipal art gallery of Viersen is located in a fine old town house making an impressive home for the gallery, with its valuable collection of graphic reproductions. It is surrounded by a beautiful park with huge old trees housing the Viersen sculpture collection.
Von der Heydt Museum Turmhof 8, 42103 Wuppertal Telephone: +49 2025636231
http://vdh.netgate1.net/		 Over more than a hundred years, generous endowments and gifts made by citizens, together with major purchases have produced a collection of impressive size ranging from 16th century to contemporary art. Despite the enormous losses inflicted on the Museum by the National Socialist campaign against degenerate art, the collection now comprises some 3,000 paintings, 400 sculptures and around 30,000 works on paper.