Museums

The Ruhr Museum is located in the former Coal Washing Plant of the Zollverein Coal Mine, Shaft XII in Essen, Germany. The complex has been recognized by UNESCO as world heritage. As a unique type of regional museum it showcases the entire natural and cultural history of the Ruhrgebiet in its permanent exhibition. It is … Read more » “The Ruhr Museum”

The Museum has an excellent collection of nineteenth century and classical modern paintings and sculpture, post-1945 art and photography. The core of this major collection is German and French painting from the last centuries. Forerunners of modernism are represented with masterpieces by Cézanne, Gauguin and van Gogh. Also present are German Romantics as well as … Read more » “Folkwang Museum”

The Benedictine monastery complex is the result of a centuries old historical development and demonstrates one of the main concerns of a Benedictine Abbey. The monastery was built by the Duke of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor Louis IVth in 1330. The castle-like complex and many buildings have been developed in the course of centuries. … Read more » “Ettal Monastery”

Eutin was a residence of the Duke of Oldenburg and the museum at the castle focuses on this history and in the time of Goethe.

The castle (Schloss Eutin) once belonged tot he dukes of Oldenburg and is a cultural historical museum nowadays, presenting the history of the Oldenburg dynasty until 1918.  

The gallery (Galerie der Stadt Fellbach) presents contemporary art.