The museums focus is undoubtedly the unique collection of 60 sculptures from the private collection of Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning. The collection encompasses the sculptural work of the artist from the late 1920's to the last works of 1974; with the exception of one stone sculpture, it ...

A Rococo masterpiece, Castle Augustusburg in the town of Brühl is an inseparable part of the history of great European architecture in the first half of the 18th century. In 1725, the Prince Elector Clemens August commissioned architect Johann Konrad Schlaun from Westphalia to ...

Information and entertainment – the historic Paffendorf Castle in Bergheim offers both. Inside the manor building, RWE Power shows an exhibit on the excavation and utilization of lignite coal. And thousands of visitors each year are attracted to the 7-hectare palace gardens, its forestry & ...

Since 2002, the KERAMION Foundation combines the Historic Ceramics Museum of the City of Frechen and the private Keramion Museum into the Center for Modern and Historic Ceramics. The museum features a permanent exhibit of historic ceramics, plus changing exhibits of modern ceramics from the ...