Museum

On­line Tick­et

Avoid the line and book your tick­et on­line in ad­vance. It con­tains a public tran­s­port tick­et (VRS) and is valid for three years af­ter purchase.

Alexan­der von Hum­boldt, Pho­tog­ra­phy and Le­ga­cy

Pho­tog­ra­phy Room Pre­sen­ta­tion

– 1/27/2019

The Mu­se­um Lud­wig is tak­ing the 250th an­niv­er­sary of the birth of Alex­an­der von Hum­boldt (1769–1859) as an oc­ca­sion to fol­low Hum­boldt’s traces in the pho­tog­ra­phy col­lec­tion. Pic­tures, whether drawn, print­ed, or paint­ed, played an im­por­tant role in his life and re­search. Hum­boldt re­ceived al­bums of pho­to­graphs as gifts from pho­to­g­ra­phers like W.H.F. Tal­bot and Paul de Rosti. The his­to­ries of th­ese pre­cious, one-of-a-kind al­bums and their jour­neys to the col­lec­tion of the Mu­se­um Lud­wig have been re­con­struct­ed, of­fer­ing a look back at the ear­ly days of pho­tog­ra­phy.

Hock­ney/Hamil­ton: Ex­pand­ed Graph­ics

New Ac­qui­si­tions and Works from the Col­lec­tion, with Two Films by James Scott

19.1. – 14.4.2019

David Hock­ney (*1937) and Richard Hamil­ton (1922–2011): two greats artists as Bri­tish and as fa­mous as the Bea­t­les. The Mu­se­um Lud­wig is now high­light­ing their sub­ver­sive be­gin­n­in­gs with rare­ly ex­hi­b­it­ed works on pa­per and two films by James Scott (*1941) which doc­u­ment the cre­a­tion of th­ese works, of­fer­ing a deep­er un­der­s­tand­ing and ex­pand­ing them in­to a new me­di­um.

Tour

Are you in­ter­est­ed in a guid­ed tour?

Whether for a spe­cial ex­hi­bi­tion or the col­lec­tion of the Mu­se­um Lud­wig, here you can book a pri­vate tour (in any lan­guage) and check the sche­d­ule for our public tours.

Event

Late Night Thurs­day

On the first Thurs­­day of ev­ery month un­til 10 p.m.

There are days that are just dif­fer­­ent from others: more in­­ter­est­ing, more en­joy­able, more ex­c­it­ing. En­joy live con­certs, cabaret, artist talks, tours, kunst:dialoge, the­ater, read­­ings, dance, film, and per­­for­­mances.

Photo Maintenance Work

Vis­i­tor in­for­ma­tion

Ren­o­va­tions on the se­cond floor

Due to reg­u­lar main­te­nance work, some of the ex­hi­bi­tion spaces on the se­cond floor will be closed. The works by Pi­cas­so, Beck­mann, and Léger that are nor­mal­ly ex­hi­b­it­ed in th­ese rooms will be pre­sent­ed on the mez­za­nine dur­ing this time. We apol­o­gize for any in­con­ve­nience.

The in­for­ma­tion desk will be hap­py to pro­vide in­for­ma­tion about works cur­rent­ly on dis­play: 0221-221-26165 or in­fo@­mu­se­um-lud­wig.de.

Schultze Projects Photo

Schultze Pro­jects

Wade Guy­ton

With the "Schultze Pro­­jects" se­ries, an artist will be in­­vit­ed bi­en­­nial­­ly to cre­ate a new work for the mu­se­um in me­m­o­ry of Ber­­nard Schultze and his wife, Ur­­su­la (Schultze-Bluhm).