Plan Your Visit!

The new Cologne city museum is looking forward to your visit!

A museum that tells the city’s history in an utterly different way – surprising, unconventional, and emotional. You can look forward to an unusual location, an innovative exhibition, and above all: unique exhibits!


(© RBA, T. Kreusler)

Our new address in the heart of Cologne


Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
Minoritenstrasse 13
50667 Cologne

Postal address and administrative entrance:
Kolumbahof 3

Opening hours

Tuesday:
10 am to 8 pm

Wednesday to Sunday:
10 am to 5 pm

1st Thursday of the month:
10 am to 10 pm
(except on public holidays)



Prices

Adults
5 Euro / Reduced*: 3 Euro

Free admission:
Children under the age of 7, schoolchildren, children and young people resident in Cologne up to the age of 18, schoolchildren on school visits + 2 teachers per class; Cologne residents on the day of their birthday or on KölnTag (1st Thursday of the month); holders of the Köln-Pass.

*Reduced admission applies to:
Students; trainees; those engaged in military or alternative social service, members of the German Artist Association, holders of volunteer cards.

Cologne Cathedral in anticipated perfection, C. G. Hasenpflug, 1834/36 (KSM/ © RBA)

Reliquary bust of a female saint, Cologne 1303/40
(© RBA)




Questions?

Get in touch!

General Information:
ksm@stadt-koeln.de
+49 221 / 221-2398

You can find the contact details of individual employees under „Team“.


How to reach us

Public transport:

Underground
lines 3, 4, 16, 18 to “Appellhofplatz” or “Dom/Hbf”

Bus
line 171 to “Offenbachplatz”

By car (multi-storey car parks):

J. & R. Kalscheurer car park
Glockengasse 1, 50667 Cologne

CONTIPARK
Schwertnergasse 1, 50667 Cologne

Brückenstraße car park
Ludwigstraße 1-4, 50667 Cologne

Das Bild zeigt eine illustrierte Stadtkarte der Museumsumgebung.

Guided tours of the Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

City.history.afresh: Eight questions. In the past, today and tomorrow: The Cologne Museum Service offers 60-minute public overview tours several times a week in nine different languages

Tuesdays
6 pm (adults)

Thursdays
4 pm (adults)

Saturdays
2 pm (adults, alternating between English, Ukrainian, French and Kölsch*)

Sundays
2 p.m. (families)

3.30 pm (adults, alternating between Italian, Polish and Turkish*, from 28. July)

*You can find out when and in which language here (only in German).

Individual guided tours
You can also book individual guided tours via the Cologne Museum Service (from mid-April onwards).

For further information, please contact:
service.museumsdienst@stadt-koeln.de
 +49 221 / 221 27380




The school programmes will start in summer 2024!


The Surrounding Area

Attractions

The new museum venue is just a stone’s throw from the two main pedestrian streets Hohe Straße and Schildergasse. It’s also just a short walk to Cologne Cathedral.

The MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst – is also very close to our museum. Another nearby attraction is the Kolumba, the art museum of the archdiocese of Cologne which was designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Integrated into the museum is the impressive St. Kolumba chapel ‘Madonna in den Trümmern’ (‘Madonna in the Ruins’), an oasis of calm in the middle of a lively city centre.

Restaurant & Cafés

In the museum’s immediate vicinity there are many cafés and restaurants inviting visitors to stop and spend some time. There’s the popular Café Espresso Perfetto, the well-known Italian restaurant Veltri Gastronomia and the vegan restaurant Sattgrün.


Accessibility

Kölnisches Stadtmuseum is designed to be inclusive and accessible. There are also numerous opportunities for people with visual impairments to experience the exhibition.

Die Visualisierung zeigt den neuen Auftaktraum der Ausstellung. Er ist in einem dunklem Grauton gehalten. Es stehen Personen im Raum und schauen sich Ausstellungsgegenstände an.
(© neo.studio neumann schneider architekten)

Man sieht mehrere Buchrücken alter Bücher nebeneinander stehen.

Library

Please be aware: during our move, use of the library will be extremely restricted. Please get in touch with our librarian Ms. Vanessa Schmitz regarding any questions you might have.

The library of the Kölnisches Stadtmuseum is a publicly accessible reference library that contains around 50,000 items.
The majority of these items are works on the history of Cologne as well as illustrated descriptions of trips along the Rhine. The library further possesses an extensive collection of old prints.

You will be able to agree visiting times individually with our librarian Vanessa Schmitz:

Vanessa Schmitz
E-Mail: vanessa.schmitz@stadt-koeln.de
Phone: +49 (0)221/221-23729


Branches

Auf dem Bild ist ein Teil der Museumswohnung zu sehen. Es steht ein Tisch, mehrere Stühle und zwei Kommoden im Raum.
The Museum flat (© GAG Immobilien AG)

The Museum Flat in Cologne-Höhenberg

A journey back in time to the 1920s: the Kölnisches Stadtmuseum has partnered with GAG Immobilien AG to restore a 1920s flat in the Germaniasiedlung in Cologne-Höhenberg to be an accurate replica of its historical self. It brings to life how people lived and what conditions they lived in a hundred years ago.

Address:
Museumswohnung
Weimarer Str. 15
51103 Köln

Visits are currently only possibly with an advance booking (call 0221/872110) and a confirmation..

Opening Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am–noon and every first and third Sunday, 2pm–4pm

Further opening hours for guided tours, based on prior agreement.

Find out more

Contact:
Elke Focke, Christof Wild
Paul-Schwellenbach-Haus
Tel.: 0221/872110
E-Mail: paul-schwellenbach-haus@t-online.de

The Germaniasiedlung was built between 1919 and 1928 and today the majority of it is listed.

The Watchtower in Zündorf

When exactly the watchtower in Zündorf was built is not known, but it is believed to have been in the second half of the 13th century.

The museum in the watchtower opened in June 1980. Since 1994 the Verein Zündorfer Wehrturm e. V. has put on many diverse exhibitions there (www.zuendorfer-wehrturm.de).

Address:
Zündorfer Wehrturm
Hauptstraße 181
51143 Köln