List of museums in Cologne

• Museums of the City of Cologne –
• The private museums –
• Museum of the university –

Museums

Art

• Museum Ludwig – Modern art; e.g. pop art and Russian avant-garde
• Wallraf-Richartz Museum – Paintings from medieval period to early twentieth century
• Schnütgen Museum – Christian religious art mainly from medieval period
• Museum für Angewandte Kunst – Museum of Applied Art
• Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst – Museum of East Asian Art
• artothek –
• Kolumba – Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne
• Domschatzkammer – Treasure of the Cologne Cathedral
• Kölnischer Kunstverein –
• Käthe Kollwitz Museum –
• Skulpturen Park Köln –
• August Sander Archive –

History and culture

• EL-DE Haus – Nazism Documentation Centre located in the former headquarters of the Gestapo
• Romano-Germanic Museum – Roman artifacts mainly from the Roman settlement Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
• Kölnisches Stadtmuseum – History of the City of Cologne
• Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum – Ethnology
• – Rhenish Photographic Archive
• Fragrance museum – Farina House, History of Eau de Cologne and modern perfumery
• Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum – Imhoff Chocolate Museum
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• Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln – German Dance Archive Cologne

Science and nature

• – Science center –
• Geomuseum – Museum of Geology, palaeontology and mineralogy –