Dusseldorf has a good set of museums. Especially the ones focusing on expressionism are of world class and absolutely worth a visit.
Dumont-Lindemann-Archives Municipal Museum of the Theatre, Hofgärtnerhaus. Documents from Düsseldorf theatre history; archives for research into theatre history.
Address: Jägerhofstrasse 1, D-40200 Düsseldorf (City North) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 4660 fax=+49 (0)211 89-2 9045 openings=Tue-Sun 11-17
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf The Kunstmuseum has extensive displays on three floors. At ground level there's a fine collection of glass, much of it Art Nouveau and Art Deco. On the next floor, Ruben's altarpiece of The Assumption puts almost all its companions in the shade. Upstairs, there's a modern section that complements the Kunstsammlung, along with heavy stuff from the nineteenth-century Düsseldorf Academy.
The Museum of Fine Arts, incorporating The Academy Collection, the Hentrich Glass Museum and the Kunstpalast. European art from the medieval to the present-day, Glass from classical Antiquity to the present.
Address: Ehrenhof 4/5, D-40479 Düsseldorf (City North) Tel: +49 (0)211 899 24 60 fax=+49 (0)211 892 90 46 openings=Tue-Sun 10-18 hrs.
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Lovers of painting will be more than rewarded at this collection. The Kunstsammlung NRW is housed in an ultramodern gallery in Grabbeplatz. The collection began with an act of contrition: in atonement for the dismissal of Paul Klee from his professorship at the Düsseldorf Academy in the Nazi purges of 1933, around 90 of his works were bought by the city in 1960. Klee remains the big attraction, but later acquisitions have turned the museum into a who's who of modern painting.
Address: Grabbeplatz 5, 40213 Düsseldorf Tel: +49 (0)211 8381-0 fax=+49 (0)211 8381-202 Email: info@kunstsammlung.de openings=Tue - Thurs and Sat and Sun: 10am - 6pm, Fri 10am - 8pm, closed on Mon
Goethe Museum Schloss Jägerhof, a Baroque palace, has been refitted as the Goethe Museum. Germany's national poet was born in Düsseldorf, just like Heinrich Heine. Mostly interesting for lovers of literature.
Address: Jagerhofstrasse 1, Dusseldorf Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 6262 fax=+49 (0)21189-2 9144 openings=Tue, Fri, Sun 11-17, Sat 13-17 hrs.
Löbbecke Museum and Aquazoo Natural History exhibitions, Aquarium (fresh and salt-water), Terrarium & Insectarium
Address: Kaiserswerther Strasse 380, D-40200 Düsseldorf (North) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 6150 fax=+49 (0)211 89-9 4493 openings= Mon-Sun 10-18 hrs.
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen - The Art Society Temporary exhibitions
Address: Grabbeplatz 4 (Kunsthalle), D-40213 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)211 32 70 23 fax=+49 (0)211 32 90 70 openings=Tue-Sun 11-18 hrs.
Navigation Museum (Schiffahrtmuseum) in the Castle Tower 200 years of navigation on the Rhine
Address: Schlossturm, Burgplatz 30, D-40200 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 4195 openings=Wed & Sat 14-18, Sun 11-18 hrs.
The Ernst Schneider Foundation - Schloss Jägerhof Meissen and other porcelain, 18th-century silverware
Address: Jacobistrasse 2, D-40211 Düsseldorf (City North) Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 6262 fax=+49 (0)21189-2 9144 openings=Tue-Fri, Sun 11-17, Sat 13-17 hrs.
Heinrich Heine Institute Permanent exhibition on Heine and his time. MSS., first editions, letters, contemporary portraits, the death-mask.
Address: Bilker Strasse 12-14, D-40213 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 5571 fax=+49 (0)211 89-2 9044 openings=Tue-Fri, Sun 11-17, Sat 13-17 hrs.
The Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf The German Museum of Ceramics at Palais Nesselrode exhibits 8,000 years of ceramics - Near East, E. Asia, Greek & Roman, Medieval Europe, German Stoneware, European Porcelain
Address: Schulstrasse 4, D-40213 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 4210 fax=+49 (0)211 89-2 9166 openings=Tue, Thu-Sun 11-17, Wed 11-21 hrs.
German Museum of Plastics Exhibition on the scientific, technical, economical und cultural significance of plastics exhibition: "plastics - leisure-time - sport"
Address: Ehrenhof 2 (City North), 40479 Düsseldorf Tel: +49 (0)211 - 4560 - 413 fax=+49 (0)211- 4560 – 8537
Email: kvm@deutsches-kunststoff-museum.de openings=Tue - Sun 11-20 hrs, Fri 11-24 hrs
Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Regime. Permanent exhibition: „Persecution and Resistance in Düsseldorf, 1933-1945“
Address: Mühlenstrasse 29, D-40200 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 6205 fax=+49 (0)21189-2 9134 openings=Tue-Fri, Sun 11-17, Sat 13-17 hrs.
Düsseldorf Film Museum Including the municipally-owned BLACK BOX Cinema. Permanent exhibition of items and models from a century of cinema history and prehistory.
Address: Schulstrasse 4, D-40213 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 2490 fax=+49 (0)21189-9 3768 openings=Tue, Thu- Sun 11-17, Wed 11-21 hrs.
Local Natural History - Museum Benrath
Address: Benrather Schlossallee 102, (West Wing of the Palace), D-40200 Düsseldorf (South) Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 7219 fax=+49 (0)21189-9 7216 openings=Tue-Fri 10-13, Sat 14-17, Sun 10-17 hrs.
Kunstraum Modern art galery
Address: Himmelgeister Strasse 107 E, D-40225 Düsseldorf (Southwest) Tel: +49 (0)211 33 02 37 openings=Tue, Fri 17-22 and Sat, Sun 14-18 hrs.
Dumont-Lindemann-Archives Municipal Museum of the Theatre, Hofgärtnerhaus. Documents from Düsseldorf theatre history; archives for research into theatre history.
Address: Jägerhofstrasse 1, D-40200 Düsseldorf (City North) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 4660 fax=+49 (0)211 89-2 9045 openings=Tue-Sun 11-17
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf The Kunstmuseum has extensive displays on three floors. At ground level there's a fine collection of glass, much of it Art Nouveau and Art Deco. On the next floor, Ruben's altarpiece of The Assumption puts almost all its companions in the shade. Upstairs, there's a modern section that complements the Kunstsammlung, along with heavy stuff from the nineteenth-century Düsseldorf Academy.
The Museum of Fine Arts, incorporating The Academy Collection, the Hentrich Glass Museum and the Kunstpalast. European art from the medieval to the present-day, Glass from classical Antiquity to the present.
Address: Ehrenhof 4/5, D-40479 Düsseldorf (City North) Tel: +49 (0)211 899 24 60 fax=+49 (0)211 892 90 46 openings=Tue-Sun 10-18 hrs.
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Lovers of painting will be more than rewarded at this collection. The Kunstsammlung NRW is housed in an ultramodern gallery in Grabbeplatz. The collection began with an act of contrition: in atonement for the dismissal of Paul Klee from his professorship at the Düsseldorf Academy in the Nazi purges of 1933, around 90 of his works were bought by the city in 1960. Klee remains the big attraction, but later acquisitions have turned the museum into a who's who of modern painting.
Address: Grabbeplatz 5, 40213 Düsseldorf Tel: +49 (0)211 8381-0 fax=+49 (0)211 8381-202 Email: info@kunstsammlung.de openings=Tue - Thurs and Sat and Sun: 10am - 6pm, Fri 10am - 8pm, closed on Mon
Goethe Museum Schloss Jägerhof, a Baroque palace, has been refitted as the Goethe Museum. Germany's national poet was born in Düsseldorf, just like Heinrich Heine. Mostly interesting for lovers of literature.
Address: Jagerhofstrasse 1, Dusseldorf Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 6262 fax=+49 (0)21189-2 9144 openings=Tue, Fri, Sun 11-17, Sat 13-17 hrs.
Löbbecke Museum and Aquazoo Natural History exhibitions, Aquarium (fresh and salt-water), Terrarium & Insectarium
Address: Kaiserswerther Strasse 380, D-40200 Düsseldorf (North) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 6150 fax=+49 (0)211 89-9 4493 openings= Mon-Sun 10-18 hrs.
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen - The Art Society Temporary exhibitions
Address: Grabbeplatz 4 (Kunsthalle), D-40213 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)211 32 70 23 fax=+49 (0)211 32 90 70 openings=Tue-Sun 11-18 hrs.
Navigation Museum (Schiffahrtmuseum) in the Castle Tower 200 years of navigation on the Rhine
Address: Schlossturm, Burgplatz 30, D-40200 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 4195 openings=Wed & Sat 14-18, Sun 11-18 hrs.
The Ernst Schneider Foundation - Schloss Jägerhof Meissen and other porcelain, 18th-century silverware
Address: Jacobistrasse 2, D-40211 Düsseldorf (City North) Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 6262 fax=+49 (0)21189-2 9144 openings=Tue-Fri, Sun 11-17, Sat 13-17 hrs.
Heinrich Heine Institute Permanent exhibition on Heine and his time. MSS., first editions, letters, contemporary portraits, the death-mask.
Address: Bilker Strasse 12-14, D-40213 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 5571 fax=+49 (0)211 89-2 9044 openings=Tue-Fri, Sun 11-17, Sat 13-17 hrs.
The Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf The German Museum of Ceramics at Palais Nesselrode exhibits 8,000 years of ceramics - Near East, E. Asia, Greek & Roman, Medieval Europe, German Stoneware, European Porcelain
Address: Schulstrasse 4, D-40213 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)211 89-9 4210 fax=+49 (0)211 89-2 9166 openings=Tue, Thu-Sun 11-17, Wed 11-21 hrs.
German Museum of Plastics Exhibition on the scientific, technical, economical und cultural significance of plastics exhibition: "plastics - leisure-time - sport"
Address: Ehrenhof 2 (City North), 40479 Düsseldorf Tel: +49 (0)211 - 4560 - 413 fax=+49 (0)211- 4560 – 8537
Email: kvm@deutsches-kunststoff-museum.de openings=Tue - Sun 11-20 hrs, Fri 11-24 hrs
Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Regime. Permanent exhibition: „Persecution and Resistance in Düsseldorf, 1933-1945“
Address: Mühlenstrasse 29, D-40200 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 6205 fax=+49 (0)21189-2 9134 openings=Tue-Fri, Sun 11-17, Sat 13-17 hrs.
Düsseldorf Film Museum Including the municipally-owned BLACK BOX Cinema. Permanent exhibition of items and models from a century of cinema history and prehistory.
Address: Schulstrasse 4, D-40213 Düsseldorf (Old Town) Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 2490 fax=+49 (0)21189-9 3768 openings=Tue, Thu- Sun 11-17, Wed 11-21 hrs.
Local Natural History - Museum Benrath
Address: Benrather Schlossallee 102, (West Wing of the Palace), D-40200 Düsseldorf (South) Tel: +49 (0)21189-9 7219 fax=+49 (0)21189-9 7216 openings=Tue-Fri 10-13, Sat 14-17, Sun 10-17 hrs.
Kunstraum Modern art galery
Address: Himmelgeister Strasse 107 E, D-40225 Düsseldorf (Southwest) Tel: +49 (0)211 33 02 37 openings=Tue, Fri 17-22 and Sat, Sun 14-18 hrs.
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