Ad­mis­sion + open­ing hours

Tick­ets are valid through­out the day and en­ti­tle you to en­ter the col­lec­tion rooms and all spe­cial ex­hi­bi­tions. more

Approach

The Mu­se­um Lud­wig is lo­cat­ed in the im­me­di­ate vicini­ty of Cologne Cathe­dral, op­po­site Cologne Cen­tral Sta­tion. more

Guid­ed tours

We of­fer public and in­di­vi­d­u­al guid­ed tours to the cur­rent ex­hi­bi­tions for adults, chil­dren, ado­les­cents and school class­es more

Au­dio Guide

With our au­dio guide you will learn more about im­por­tant works in the col­lec­tion of the Mu­se­um Lud­wig. more

Café and Res­tau­rant

Our café/res­tau­rant is per­fect for a break be­fore or af­ter the ex­hi­bi­tion vis­it. more

Tourist of­fers

Tips and of­fers for your stay in Cologne. more

Ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty

The mu­se­um build­ing is de­signed to ac­com­mo­date vis­its with wheelchairs or strollers. Find out more here. more

Calendar

An overview of all event dates (in Ger­man) more

Lectures

Lec­ture se­ries and talks fo­cused on our spe­cial ex­hi­bi­tions and col­lec­tions more

Late Night Thurs­day

There are days that are just dif­fer­ent from others: more in­ter­est­ing, more en­joy­able, more exc­it­ing more

kunst:dialoge

The kunst:dialoge turn the mu­se­um in­to a meet­ing place for young peo­ple more

Film­fo­rum NRW

In our au­di­to­ri­um we pre­sent cur­rent films and reper­to­ry cin­e­ma more

Stu­dios for Young Peo­ple and Adults

Your cre­a­tiv­i­ty is in de­mand here: theme-re­lat­ed work­shops for young peo­ple and adults more

POP LAB

The POP LAB of­fers all kinds of things to dis­cov­er about Pop Art! more

FOTO LAB

There is some­thing to learn about Pho­tog­ra­phy for the whole fam­i­ly – in our FO­TO LAB. more

Fam­i­ly Tours

The Ed­u­ca­tion De­part­ment se­ries Für Kin­der und El­tern of­fers tours for chil­dren ages 6 and up, with and with­out paren­tal at­ten­dance more

Chil­dren’s Birth­days

First an exc­it­ing tour, then a vis­it to the col­or­ful work­shop: cele­brate your child’s birth­day at the mu­se­um! more

Fam­i­ly Suit­case

I’m pack­ing my bag! In­ter­ac­tive suit­cas­es for chil­dren ages 2 and up ex­plor­ing the top­ics of col­or, form, and ma­te­rial more

Va­ca­tion Pro­gram

Va­ca­tion at last! So that it doesn’t get bor­ing, check out our di­verse va­ca­tion pro­gram for chil­dren more

Mu­se­umKin­derZeit

The Ed­u­ca­tion De­part­ment hosts a work­shop with the ti­tle Mu­se­umKin­derZeit for chil­dren ages 5 to 7 and 8 and up more

Mu­se­um and School

Our pro­gram for school stu­dents is de­signed for all age lev­els and school types more

Tours / Work­shops for Pri­mary School

En­coun­ter­ing art and ex­pe­ri­enc­ing new worlds more

Tours / Work­shops for Se­condary School I

Ex­plor­ing art and dis­cov­er­ing skills more

Tours / Work­shops for Se­condary School II

Deep­en­ing knowl­edge and ap­p­ly­ing it more

Ad­vanced Teach­er Ed­u­ca­tion

Mu­se­ums can be a won­der­ful sup­ple­ment to teach­ing in the class­room. How? Let us show you in our ad­vanced teach­er ed­u­ca­tion pro­gram more