Plan Your Visit!
Since the autumn of 2021 our administration and our restoration facilities have been located at our new address in Minoritenstrasse 13.
Opening Times
The Kölnisches Stadtmuseum is currently still closed due to reconstruction.
Reopening of our museum
in autumn 2023!

New location
The former Modehaus Franz Sauer – our new museum building in the heart of the city.

Near Cologne’s museum of history: Culinary delights, culture and more in the neighborhood.
Der neue Museumsstandort liegt sehr zentral und hat eine interessante Nachbarschaft. Grund genug, sich einmal auf Erkundungstour zu begeben.

Permanent Exhibition
Look forward to our new, innovative permanent exhibition – opening fall 2023!

„The development of the new permanent exhibition was an exciting, intensive process.”
City history is alive and constantly reshaping itself. The Cologne City Museum is currently experiencing a similar situation. An interview with curator Sascha Pries
Plan Your Visit!
Since the autumn of 2021 our administration and our restoration facilities have been located at our new address in Minoritenstrasse 13.

Permanent Exhibition
Look forward to our new, innovative permanent exhibition – opening fall 2023!

New location
The former Modehaus Franz Sauer – our new museum building in the heart of the city.

Near Cologne’s museum of history: Culinary delights, culture and more in the neighborhood.
Der neue Museumsstandort liegt sehr zentral und hat eine interessante Nachbarschaft. Grund genug, sich einmal auf Erkundungstour zu begeben.
Opening Times
The Kölnisches Stadtmuseum is currently still closed due to reconstruction.
Reopening of our museum
in autumn 2023!

„The development of the new permanent exhibition was an exciting, intensive process.”
City history is alive and constantly reshaping itself. The Cologne City Museum is currently experiencing a similar situation. An interview with curator Sascha Pries
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Unsere Köln-Expert*innen
City experts contribute to the new permanent exhibition. A multi-layered view of the Cologne of today!

Spannender Rückblick auf 200 Jahre Kölner Karneval
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Etwa eine halbe Million Exponate dokumentieren Kölns Geschichte
Kurator Stefan Lewejohann erzählt im Interview, wie man bei einer solch umfangreichen Sammlung den Überblick behält und wie man damit im Museumsalltag umgeht.