The museums are arranged in alphabetical order of their location.

European Hansemuseum

The museum (Europäisches Hansemuseum ) is dedicated to the history of the Hanse and its as legacy European medieval trading network.

Benedictine Abbey Roedental

The Benedictine abbey (eleventh century) Kloster Mönchröden presents its history, architecture and arts.      

Wiblingen Abbey Ulm

The former benedictine abbey (Benediktinerkloster)  was founded in 1093. The Baroque renovation is part of the museum (Museum im Konventbau )and stresses the life of monchs and secular interests. The museum pays special attention to Baroque ecclesiastical architecture.    

Suermondt-Ludwig Museum

The museum has an important medieval sculpture collection for the 12-16 centuries. This also culminates in a magnificent collection of carved altars. Other highlights are the paintings of late Gothic, Baroque, Romantic and classical modern art, representing painting from Cologne, southern Germany and Dutch masters of the 15th and 16 Century. Four rooms contain Dutch … Read more » “Suermondt-Ludwig Museum”

Cathedral Aachen

The Cathedral Treasury houses one of Europe’s most renowned church treasures, a unique collection of precious works of art from the histiry of Aachen’s Cathedral. The Treasury contains religious art dating from the late classical, Carolingian, Ottonian, Staufian and Gothic periods, with most of the objects here representing the greatest art of their time. Some … Read more » “Cathedral Aachen”

Centre Charlemagne

Das Centre Charlemagne is a museum and a starting point for the Route Charlemagne, that introduces the visitor to the Roman and Carolingian legacy of Aachen, Roman city and former residence of Charlemagne (748-814 and Emperor from 800). The museum shows the history of Aachen, the prehistory, German tribes, Roman occupation and the time of … Read more » “Centre Charlemagne”

Ludwig Forum

The museum presents the collection of American and European art since the beginning of the 1960s, collected by the Ludwig family and grown by donations and permanent loans ever since. The Ludwigs rank among the first collectors of Pop Art.