Guided group tours (also for groups of school children)

The expert guides of the Museum Service Cologne escort you and your friends or colleagues by the museums. Whether you want just a general overview or a collection of outstanding exhibitions. We are at your disposal. Our offers are applicable not only private groups, but also tour operators, event agencies and companies. We promise eventful hours in the museum and lace for you on request an individual package.

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Guided tours

Guided tours can be booked for groups and are available in a variety of languages.

Museum Ludwig

Highlights

The Museum Ludwig’s collection includes art greats such as Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Yves Klein, Picasso, Niki de Saint Phalle, Eva Hesse and Jackson Pollock. A selection of famous artists from the 20th century and the present day are shown on a tour of the museum.

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Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud

For 19th century enthusiasts

This tour traces the major movements in landscape painting by taking an in-depth look at masterpieces by Joseph Anton Koch and Caspar David Friedrich. The emergence into the modern age is represented by Courbet’s works and above all by the main representatives of Impressionism such as Monet, Caillebotte, Sisley and Pissarro as well as the Pointillist Signac. Let yourself be entranced by this feast of light and colour!

Duration: 60 mins
Max. group size: 25
Target groups: upper secondary education level, students, adults
Charge:
Tuesday to Friday: 75 € plus admission for adults | 50 € plus admission for students | 40 € for school classes
Supplement: weekends/foreign language tour: 10 € each

The tour can be booked for several groups at a time.

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Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud

For Baroque enthusiasts

Are you fascinated by the great masters such as Rubens, Jordaens and Van Dyck? Or do you prefer Rembrandt and Frans Hals? Whether you opt for Holland or Flanders – the way of life in these parts of the world with their rich artistic traditions could not be more different – even today! Immerse yourself in this glamorous era of European painting and discover the different faces of a culture that had its origins in two opposing religious views.

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Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud

Only the best!

This tour takes visitors with limited time to the highlights of the museum – from the works of Lochner, Cranach and Dürer to Rubens, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and to Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Cézanne and Munch.

Duration: 60 min | Max. group size: 25
Costs: Tuesday to Friday: 75 € plus admission for adults | 50 € plus admission for students | 40 € for school classes
Supplement: weekends/foreign language tour: 10 € each

The tour can be booked for several groups at a time.

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Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud

Mood and light in painting

Light is what determines the mood in paintings – whether warm candle-light, dramatic chiaroscuro, dusky twilight or gleaming midday sun. Light takes centre stage and tells the entire history of painting.

Duration: 60 min | Max. group size: 25 |
Target groups: upper secondary education level, students, adults
Costs: Tuesday to Friday: 75 € plus admission for adults | 50 € plus admission for students | 40 € for school classes
Supplement: weekends/foreign language tour: 10 € each

The tour can be booked for several groups at a time.

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Römisch-Germanisches Museum

Culinaria Romana - Roman table culture and culinary delights

Roman cuisine ranged from the simple to the luxurious. A large banqueting feast comprised as many as 10 courses or more. Learn amazing and amusing details on the topic of eating and drinking from the literature of Imperial Rome and be inspired by the original recipes from the cookery book of Apicius. A triclinium, where diners reclined on soft couches, and fine tableware ensured that dining was done in style. Fine quality wines were served in precious vessels made of rock crystal, glass or metal to enhance the pleasure of drinking.

Food was sourced regionally, but some foodstuffs came from further afield – southern Europe, Asia Minor and Arabia. The appropriate ambience for host and guests was a dining room with a magnificent mosaic floor like the one with the Dionysus mosaic from the urban villa. Its pictorial decoration reveals that alongside the delicacies served, music and dance performances were an important part of a banquet.

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

People in Their Worlds: An Overview of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum

The exhibition concept of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum focuses on thematic units that affect people worldwide, regardless of their geographical origin. The different forms and perspectives with which we as humans deal with these various topics are just as much a part of the tour - as are the experiences and questions of the visitors. The tour is not only intended to provide information about the museum and the objects, but also to address current social and political debates about colonial violence and historical injustice, as well as the associated consequences.

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Diversity of Belief: Hinduism and Buddhism

In the course of history, a multitude of beliefs and world views developed, which have influenced people’s thinking and behaviour. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism as the largest denominations unite the majority of believers throughout the world. However, the entire richness of religious traditions has yet to be explored. Exemplarily for this abundance, this guided tour focusses on the religious concepts of Hinduism and Buddhism.

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MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln

Design compact!

Designers have transformed everyday products into cult objects and sometimes living spaces into total works of art. Cantilever chairs, kidney-shaped tables, Snow White's coffin - numerous objects have written design history and have had a lasting impact on the way we live. A journey to the design icons of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Thematic tours | For: Adults

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Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

The Museum Flat in Höhenberg – At home back then

Oxblood-red floorboards, Bakelite light switches and one of the first electric ovens - a tour of Cologne on the right bank of the Rhine is a journey back in time! In the Germaniasiedlung, a historic 1920s housing estate in Höhenberg, GAG and the Cologne City Museum have faithfully restored a flat according to historical findings in order to show the living conditions of the time. Here you can gain exciting insights into work and leisure 100 years ago.

Please note: The Museum Flat is not barrier-free!

Duration: 60 minutes | Group size: max. 15
The guided tour is free of charge
The museum flat is not permanently accessible. Please book in good time. | Further information bei: ipeksirena.krutsch@stadt-koeln.de

Groups of more than 15 people will be split up and guided through the Museum Flat at different times. During this time, there will be a short guided tour of the Germania estate.

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Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

City. History. A different approach: With eight emotions through Cologne's city history

The Cologne City Museum reopened on the 22nd of March 2024 in the former Franz Sauer fashion house.
You can look forward to an innovative permanent exhibition that tells the history of the city of Cologne in a completely new way, with all its facets, contradictions and different perspectives! The focus is on emotions that we all can relate to! The new permanent exhibition asks eight questions not only addressing the past and the present of the city of Cologne, but also her visitors. In this way, historical events and objects are related in an unusual way, revealing surprising parallels.

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NS-Dokumentationszentrum

This guided tour is suitable from year 6 of all types of school.

The tour includes a visit to the memorial, the history of the EL-DE-Haus as well as central topics on NS ideology and political rule, such as "violence and fascination", "persecution and resistance" and "inclusion and exclusion".

Duration: 90 mins

Max. group size: 20. Due to restricted space in the memorial the number of visitors per group is limited to 20. Larger groups will be split up and can normally join guided tours simultaneously.

Charge:
Tuesday to Friday: 75 € plus admission for students | 112,50 € plus admission for adults.
Supplement: weekends/foreign language tour: 15 € each

Tours can be booked every two hours from 10:00 am till 4.00 pm.

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Historisches Rathaus Köln

Cologne's Historic City Hall: A journey through power, history and architecture

Discover the fascinating history and magnificent rooms of Cologne's Historic City Hall! Immerse yourself in the history of power of the free imperial city of Cologne, symbolised by this imposing building. As the "House of the Citizens", the town hall has been a witness to the former Jewish quarter since the 12th century. The impressive "Hansa Hall" and the exquisite "Senate Hall", which was added to the Council Tower, tell of past eras and political significance. Despite severe war damage, the town hall was rebuilt true to the original and reopened on 14 August 1972. Find out more about the history, architecture and political significance of this important Cologne landmark during the guided tour.

Book an informative and entertaining guided tour today and discover the secrets of the Historic City Hall!

Please note that this event is not barrier-free.
Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that the event will take place, as the non-public rooms in the Historic Town Hall may be used for other purposes at short notice.

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Historisches Rathaus Köln

The Spanish Building: A journey through history, art and architecture

Welcome to the Spanish Building! Find out more about this important building, which was destroyed during the Second World War but rebuilt in the 1950s. Originally known as the "New City Hall", it was later given the name "Spanish Building" due to its historical significance.
The Spanish Building once served as a meeting place for the Spanish League during the Thirty Years' War and later housed courts and city council offices. Following extensive refurbishment from 2001 to 2003, the building now presents itself in all its historical splendour.
Immerse yourself in the art and architecture of the Spanish Building, admire the brick façade, the Europa mosaic by Jürgen Hans Grümmer and the stained glass by Georg Meistermann. Discover the unique figure-eight shape of the ground plan and the symbolic elements such as the bundle of ears by sculptor Günther Lossow.
Explore the history, art and architecture that make the Spanish Building a fascinating part of Cologne's heritage on this guided tour.

Book an informative and entertaining guided tour today and discover the Spanish Building!

Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that the event will take place, as the non-public rooms in the Spanish Building may be used for other purposes at short notice.

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