History and culture in Cologne

The municipal museum of Cologne will give you detailed insight into the history, mentality, economy and everyday life of Cologne people, from the Middle Ages to present day. Visiting the museum, tourists will learn about typical Cologne things, such

Cologne Opera House is a first class cultural venue in the city. Its eclectic programming covers a range of disciplines and proposes plays, dance performances, operas for children and so on.It boasts a reputation as one of the major international op

The Fragrance Museum in Cologne explores the development, production and use of perfume over the last three centuries.A cedar barrel and replica of a period distillery remind us that Giovanni Maria Farina made his perfume here in the eighteenth cent

This museum will not only give you an insight into the history of sports, national, international, and Olympic athletes and show you the football pitches and tennis courts located under the roof of this former nineteenth century prison, but will als

Located between the Dome and Rhine, this museum represents the most memorable stages in modern art, from German expressionism to Russian pre- and post-revolutionary avant-garde, through surrealistic painting. Especially present are August Macke, Ot

Fully devoted to the applied arts in all their forms, from architecture to film and from fashion to photography, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Cologne boasts the largest collection of applied arts exhibits in Europe. Built in 1888, the museum t

The arts and crafts of China, Japan, and Korea are displayed in this museum with modern architecture in vast rooms with a very relaxing atmosphere.The museum is located at the angle of a very large park and has a Zen garden.The collections comprise

One of a kind, the museum of the Poupée et du Jouet is installed over five stories in Joyce Merlet's apartment.She has managed this place for 25 years and has a fabulous private collection (2000 dolls, doll houses and clothes, as well as miniature f

Fully devoted to photography in all its forms, the Rheinisches Bildarchiv museum in Cologne boasts the city's largest collection of photographs covering the history of art, architecture and culture. The museum therefore provides evidence of the hist

If the mosaic of Dionysus and the reconstructed mausoleum of legionnaire Poblicius are the best known pieces of the permanent collection of the Romano-Germanic museum, the richness of the entire exhibition retracing the history of the city from An

The Corboud foundation and museum owe their name to the collector Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (1748 - 1824); it is the oldest museum in Cologne; the collections were deposited in the actual building in 1861 with the financial help of the business man Jo