About Cologne: Museums
Chocolate museum
Up to the end of the 20th century, Cologne was a centre of the German chocolate manufacturing. The chocolate museum is an exhibition of the history and method of chocolate fabrication
The museum can be reached by tramway line 1, 7 or 9 to Heumarkt, then take the bus 106 to bus stop “Schokoladenmuseum”.
Museum Ludwig
The museum Ludwig (named after its founder) is a large museum of contemporary art.
Wallraff-Richartz-Museum
This museum exhibits art from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, mostly from Germany and the Netherlands.
Tramway 1, 7, 9 to Heumarkt or walk
Römisch-Germanisches-Museum
(Museum of Romano-Germanic history)
Cologne was founded in50 AD and so many artefacts from the Romans and the Teutons can be found everywhere in the inner city. Artefacts that were mostly found while re-building the city after WWII can be seen at this museum. Most impressive and best preserved are the tomb of the Plubicius and the nearly untouched mosaic of Dionysos. The leaders of G8, like Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin took their dinner at a table standing on this mosaic.
Railway to Köln Hauptbahnhof (main station) or take a walk
Zeughaus
Medieval pieces of Cologne history can be found at the Zeughaus, that formerly a repository for weapons.
Tramway 1, 7, 9 to Neumarkt, then take a walk.
Documentation centre of the Nazi regime (EL-DE-Haus)
The EL-DE house was the Gestapo prison of Cologne where mostly political prisoners were held. In 1988, the municipal government opened a documentation centre about the crimes during the Nazi terror.
Tramway 1, 7, 9 to Rudolfplatz, then underground 18 or 3 to Appellhofplatz.
Museum of Carnival
In 2005, the first museum of the Cologne Carnival was opened. It shows an exhibition of the history and culture of Carnival.
Tramway line 1, station “Maarweg”