Museums in Koblenz
A city that shows what it has!
French art of the 20th century, archaeological finds from different eras or an interactive journey into the world of Rhine Romanticism: the museums in Koblenz are as diverse as the city itself.
Cultural and economic history, archaeology, photography and delights
A diverse educational programme for young and old accompanies all exhibitions.
Exhibitions
The oldest exhibit can be found in the House of Archaeology. Together with the State Archaeology Koblenz, the State Museum presents here in a permanent exhibition traces of human life on the Middle Rhine and Moselle since prehistory and early history.
Exciting permanent and temporary exhibitions await visitors to the House of Cultural History in the upper courtyard of the castle. The annual exhibitions on topics such as technological, cultural and economic history are special highlights in the exhibition program of the Landesmuseum Koblenz.
The House of Photography enriches the program with numerous temporary exhibitions by national and international photographers.
In the House of Delight , the guest gets to know the "Wine Kingdom of Rhineland-Palatinate" as well as the special culinary delights of the state in the temporary exhibitions.
A place that demonstrates taste in art
Exhibitions
On the second floor, the municipal art collection is shown in a permanent exhibition. The works range from medieval painting to Baroque and 19th century art to classical modernism, abstract art of the 1950s and concrete painting. The cultural-historical influences of the church, the electoral court and the bourgeoisie are also thematized there and represented with paintings and sculptures.
The basement offers space for temporary exhibitions. For the first time, visitors also have digital access to the entire collection of the art museum and can work in the museum library after registration.
On the trail of wine and sparkling wine at Deinhard Stammhaus
Here, the hearts of wine and sparkling wine lovers beat faster. The soul of wine culture can be felt in every part of the vault.
During an expert guided tour, visitors can vividly experience how sparkling wine and wine were once produced and shipped from Koblenz to destinations all over the world using original equipment.
The relatively young Ludwig Museum, which was inaugurated in September 1992 with the exhibition "Atelier de France," is dedicated to contemporary art and especially to contemporary French art. Through its focus on contemporary French art, the Ludwig Museum closes a crucial gap in the German museum landscape and performs a unique mediating function that also benefits young artists—not only in France.
Exhibitions
The basis of the permanent collection is primarily German and French art after 1945, which the famous collector couple Peter and Irene Ludwig from Aachen have collected and donated or loaned to the museum. In addition to its exhibition rooms on four floors, the Ludwig Museum also uses the adjacent "Blumenhof," which is an ideal exhibition space for striking three-dimensional works. Among the museum's holdings here are César's "Thumb" and the installation "Site of Memory and Forgetting" by Anne and Patrick Poirier, who developed this work especially for this location when the museum was founded.
The story of life on and with the Rhine
Family ties: What connects Koblenz with Beethoven
The house, exemplary of the bourgeois architecture in Ehrenbreitstein around the middle of the 17th century, was opened in 1975 under the name "Beethoven-Gedenkstätte im Mutter-Beethoven-Haus". It is part of the Koblenz Municipal Museums and is administered by the Mittelrhein Museum.
Prototypes, Tanks, Spiked Helmets
From mending plant to museum site
The vehicle collection includes around 40 historic locomotives and 50 passenger and freight cars. In the DB Museum Koblenz, the history of the railroad in Germany is illustrated to visitors* in a hands-on museum.
Through accompanying exhibitions and interactive attractions, such as a train simulator, visitors can learn about the world of railroads and become active themselves.
The DB Museum Koblenz is housed in the former freight car repair shop in the Lützel district. Freight cars were repaired in the wagon hall until 1995. Today, it houses the oldest vehicles of the DB Museum Koblenz.
Further exhibits are displayed on the open-air grounds.
Immerse yourself in the world of migratory fish
The highlight is located in the basement of the Mosellum. Here it is possible to look directly into the Koblenz fish pass through three large windows. But the bird's eye view of the fish pass from the roof terrace also has its charms.
Olau, Helau, Alaaf - Jeck am Eck
The Rhenish Carnival Museum Koblenz is open from April to October on Saturdays and Sundays from 2–5 p.m. The museum is also open to the public.
