As the gallery for temporary exhibitions, the Art and Exhibition Hall offers a varied cultural programme of international importance. Concerts, film shows and theatrical performances increase the cultural offer. Surcharge for special exhibitions may apply.

Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4
53113 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 91 71–200
www.bundeskunsthalle.de

Opening hours:
Tue and Wed 10:00 AM – 21:00 PM, Thu - Sun and on holidays 10:00 AM – 19:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, 66, stop: Heussallee/Museumsmeile
bus No. 610, 630, stop: Heussallee/Museumsmeile

Your advantage: free admission (reduced admission to some special exhibitions)!

Focus of the collection:
• August Macke and the Rhenish Expressionists
• post-war Germany
• Joseph Beuys: Multiples 1965-1986 
• graphic collection, photography, videos of international artists


Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2
53113 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 77 62 60
www.bonn.de/kunstmuseum

Opening hours:
Tue – Sun 11:00 AM – 18:00 PM, Wed 11:00 AM – 21:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, 66, stop: Heussallee/Museumsmeile
bus No. 610, 630, stop: Heussallee/Museumsmeile

Your advantage: free admission!

German history is brought to life here. About 7,000 original exhibits – ranging from the Chancellors’ railway salon car to an original cinema of the 1950s up to pieces of the Berlin Wall – are displayed here. Temporary exhibitions and events complete the programme.

Willy-Brandt-Allee 14
53113 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 91 65-0
www.hdg.de

Opening hours:
Tue – Sun 9:00 AM – 19:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, 66, stop: Heussallee/Museumsmeile
bus No.  610, 630, stop: Heussallee/Museumsmeile

Your advantage: free admission!

The permanent exhibition „Unser Blauer Planet“ (“Our Blue Planet”) gives an exciting insight into the connections and functions of all life on earth. Savannah, rain forest, central Europe and the world of birds invite to a discovery tour.

Adenauerallee 160
53113 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 91 22-227 or -211
www.museumkoenig.de

Opening hours:
Tue, Thu - Sun 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM, Wed 10:00 AM – 21:00 PM, closed on Monday
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, 66, stop: Museum Koenig

Your advantage: free admission!

The Deutsches Museum Bonn shows the great moments of research and technology in Germany after 1945: from the rawlplug and the Transrapid magnetic levitation railway, the airbag and computer tomographs to a journey through the nano cosmos.

Ahrstr. 45
53175 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 30 22 55
www.deutsches-museum-bonn.de

Opening hours:
Tue – Sun 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM and on Easter Monday and Whit Monday
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, stop: Deutsches Museum Bonn
bus No. 610, stop: Danziger Straße/Deutsches Museum Bonn, No. 616, stop: Ahrstraße/Deutsches Museum Bonn

Your advantage: free admission!

The Beethoven House in Bonn is one of the most-visited memorial sites of musicians in the world. More than 150 authentic objects from the biggest Beethoven collection worldwide, such as instruments and personal things from Beethoven’s possession, letters, portraits, sheets of music and much more, invite to a journey into the world of the great composer. Changing special exhibitions make a visit to Ludwig van Beethoven’s house of birth become a real experience. The Digital Beethoven House right next door invites to a multimedia and interactive trip through Beethoven’s life.

Bonngasse 20
53111 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 98 175-25
www.beethovenhaus-bonn.de

Opening hours:
Nov. 1 – March 31: Mon – Sat 10:00 AM – 17:00 PM 
Sun and on public holidays 11:00 AM – 17:00 PM
April 1 –Oct. 31: Mon – Sat 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Sun and on public holidays 11:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 62, 66, stop: Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz

Your advantage: free admission!

As a modern subject-related museum, the LVR - LandesMuseum presents its testimonies from Rhenish history, art and culture from the very beginning of the Stone Age up until today. Nine centres of gravity presented in clearly produced sectors offer experiential views into the research and collection of the museum. Special exhibitions complete the programme.
Colmantstr. 14–16
53115 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 20 70-0
www.rlmb.lvr.de

Opening hours:
Tue – Sun 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM, Wed until 21:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 61, 62, 63, 66,  stop: Hauptbahnhof (main train station)

Your advantage: free admission!

Next to the regularly changing exhibitions, the StadtMuseum’s permanent exhibition shows the 2,000 year-old history of the City of Bonn from Roman times until today. The Arndt-Haus (Adenauerallee 79) is only opened for special exhibitions and events.

Franziskanerstr. 9
53111 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 77 28 77, office: 77 24 14 (in the morning),
www.bonn.de/stadtmuseum

Opening hours:
StadtMuseum: Thu - Sat 13:00 – 18:00 PM, Sun 11.30 AM – 17:00 PM, Mon 9.30 AM – 14:00 PM (special closing times, such as during summer time; please get informed by the daily calendar, the newspaper or the internet)
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, 66, stop: Universität/Markt or Juridicum (Arndt-Haus)

Your advantage: free admission!

This is where August Macke lived from 1911 until his death in 1914. The artist’s only studio, which is still in its original state, is located in the attic and shows works of him and other Rhenish Expressionists.

Bornheimer Str. 96
53119 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 65 55 31
www.august-macke-haus.de

Opening hours:
Tue - Fri 14:30 PM – 18:00 PM, Sat, Sun and on public holidays 11:00 AM – 17:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 18, 63, stop: Bonn West

Your advantage: free admission!

In the Arithmeum you can experience bizarre wheel mechanisms of mechanical calculating, the fascination of modern highly-integrated logical chips, historical arithmetic books, the meeting of science and art and museum concerts.

Lennéstr. 2
53113 Bonn
Telephone: +49(0)2 28 /73 87 90
www.arithmeum.uni-bonn.de

Opening hours:
Tue - Sun 11:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, 66, stop: Universität/Markt

Your advantage: free admission!

The world-wide first women’s museum, which was founded in 1981, fosters women’s art, culture and scientific discoveries and is unique in Germany. The projects are accompanied by an extensive programme of events.

Im Krausfeld 10
53111 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 69 13 44
www.frauenmuseum.de

Opening hours:
Tue - Sat 14:00 – 18:00 PM, Sun 11:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Public transport: tram No. 61, stop: Rosental
bus No. 624, 626, 634, stop: Dorotheenstraße

Your advantage: free admission!

The Museum collects Greco-Roman art from the Mediterranean countries in cast copies or originals. The collection, which is unique in its versatility and systematic approach, gives insights into the culture and everyday life of classical antiquity.

Am Hofgarten 21
53113 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 73-77 38 or -50 11
www.antikensammlung.uni-bonn.de

Opening hours:
Sun - Fri 10:00 AM – 13:00 PM, Thu 16:00 - 18:00 PM (collection of cast copies), Sun  and Tue 10:00 AM – 13:00 PM, Thu 16:00 – 18:00 PM (collection of originals) (closed in August)
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, 66, stop: Universität/Markt

Your advantage: free admission!

In its permanent exhibition, the Museum of Egyptology shows the most beautiful exhibits from the Old Egyptian cultural history from the period from 4000 BC to 300 AC.

Regina-Pacis-Weg 7 (next to the Koblenzer Tor)
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 73 97 10 or 73 75 87
www.aegyptisches-museum.uni-bonn.de

Opening hours:
Tue – Sun 12:00 AM – 6:00 PM, closed on Monday and on public holidays
Public transport: underground/tram No. 16, 63, 66, stop: Universität/Markt

Your advantage: free admission!

The Botanical Gardens of the Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, which has developed from an old Renaissance garden, are said to be the most beautiful and traditional ones. In the Botanical Gardens at Poppelsdorf Palace and in the useful-plant gardens at theKatzenburgweg about 11,000 plant species are cultivated – meaning the multiple of the species existing in the Federal Republic of Germany. The gardens invite the visitors to their greenhouses and the open ground throughout the year.

Meckenheimer Allee 171
53115 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 73 55 23
www.botgart.uni-bonn.de

Opening hours:
Nov. – March: Mon – Fri 9:00 AM – 16:00 PM, April – Oct.: Mon – Fri 9:00 AM – 18:00 PM, greenhouses throughout the year from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 14:00 – 16:00 PM. The gardens are closed on the weekend!
Public transport: bus No. 620, 624, 625, stop: Botanischer Garten

Your advantage: free admission!

Free admission
 
The Schumann House comes from a time around 1790. Original letters and documents of Robert and Clara Schumann. The Städtische Musikbibliothek (urban musical library) in the house offers 47,000 notes, books, CDs and DVDs. Private house concerts on a regular basis.

Sebastianstr. 182
53115 Bonn
Telephone: +49 (0)2 28 / 77 36 56
www.schumannhaus-bonn.de

Opening hours:
Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 11:00 AM – 13:30 PM and 15:00 – 18:00 PM
Public transport: bus No. 622, 623, 632, 635, stop: Alfred-Bucherer-Straße

Your advantage: free admission!

Created in 1968 it is the first ›Specialist Museum for North Bohemian hollow glass‹. Permanent exhibition: Various styles of Bohemian glass manufacture and refinement up to the contemporary ›Studio Glass Movement‹.

Himmeroder Wall 6
53359 Rheinbach
Telephone: +49 (0)22 26 / 92 74 19
www.glasmuseum-rheinbach.de

Opening hours: 
Tue - Fri 10:00 – 12:00 PM and 14:00 – 17:00 PM, Sat and Sun 11:00 AM – 17:00 PM
Public transport: DB (German Railway): stop: Bahnhof Rheinbach, bus No. 800, stop: Hauptstraße

Your advantage: free admission!

The history of Siegburg and its surroundings from prehistoric times to the present day is displayed on more than 2000 m². Centre of gravity: Siegburg ceramics, temporary exhibitions of contemporary art.

Markt 46
53721 Siegburg
Telephone: +49 (0)22 41 / 55 733
www.siegburg.de

Opening hours:
Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10:00 AM – 17:00 PM, Thu 10:00 AM – 20:00 PM, Sun 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 66, stop: ICE train station Siegburg

Your advantage: free admission!

A picture book museum, which is unique in Europe. Historic literature for children and young people from 1498 to modern times, extensive collection of original picture book illustrations, actual temporary exhibitions.

Burgallee
53840 Troisdorf
Telephone: +49 (0)22 41 / 88 41 11/-17
www.troisdorf.de

Opening hours:
Tue - Sun 11:00 AM – 17:00 PM
Public transport: railway: stop: Bahnhof Troisdorf
bus No. 501, 506, 507, 508, stop: Ursulaplatz/ Römerstraße

Your advantage: free aadmission!

The old school building has housed important cultural and historical exhibits since 1974. In past years, an open-air museum with two further half-timbered houses, a farm garden as well as a horse-operated mill and a barn have been re-established.

Im Thal
51570 Windeck
Telephone: +49 (0)22 92 / 38 88 or 89 42
www.windeck-online.de

Opening hours:
April 1 – Nov. 30: Sat 14:00 – 18:00 PM, Sun and on holidays 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 14:00 – 18:00 PM, Feb. 1 – March 31: Sun and on holidays 14:00 – 18:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 66, stop: Siegburg, DB (German Railway): No. RE 9 through the Sieg valley or S12 to railway station at Dattenfeld or Schladern, 15 minutes by foot

Yor advantage: free admission! 

A glimpse behind the scenes of the legendary Siebengebirge – on the traces of volcanoes, stone cutters, Romantic poets, castles, monasteries, wine-growing and Rhine navigation. Special exhibitions and much more.

Kellerstr. 16
53639 Königswinter
Telephone: +49 (0)22 23 / 37 03
www.siebengebirgsmuseum.de

Opening hours:
daily (except Monday) 14:00 – 17:00 PM, Wed 14:00 – 19:00 PM, Sun 11:00 AM – 17:00 PM, Nov. 1 – March 31, Wed 14:00 – 19:00 PM, Sat and Sun 14:00 – 17:00 PM
Public transport: underground/tram No. 66, stop: Königswinter/Fähre (ferry)

Your advantage: free admission!

The entire complex of the Arp Museum Rolandseck accommodates the extensive heritage of Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Moreover, it forms an exhibition place for national and international contemporary art. According to the tradition of the Künstlerbahnhof Rolandseck, the main emphasis is put on literature and music.

Hans-Arp-Allee 1
53424 Remagen
Telephone: +49 (0) 22 28 / 94 25 0
www.arpmuseum.org

Opening hours:
Tue – Sun 11:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Public transport: DB (German railway) Bahnhof Rolandseck

Your advantage: free admission!

The castles Augustusburg and Falkenlust in Brühl with their gardens have been included in the “UNESCO list of the world’s cultural heritage” as total art work of German Rococo and are open to the public as museums.

Schlossstr. 6
50321 Brühl
Telephone: +49 (0)22 32 / 44 000
www.schlossbruehl.de

Opening hours:
Tue - Fri 9:00 AM -12.30 PM (admission until 12:00 PM) and 13:30 – 17:00 PM (admission until 16:00). Sat, Sun and on public holidays 10:00 – 18:00 PM (admission until 17:00 PM), closed in December and January
Public transport: DB (German Railway): RE 5 and RB 26, stop: Brühl
underground/tram No. 18, stop: Brühl-Mitte

Your advantage: a 50 per cent reduction onto the admission fee!

In 2005, the Max Ernst Museum has opened its doors as the worldwide first and unique museum, which is dedicated to the outstanding artist Max Ernst (Brühl 1891 – 1976 Paris) and his extensive Oeuvre. For the first time, the work of the big Dadaist and Surrealist can be seen gathered here at his birthplace. The main emphasis of the collection is put on the almost complete graphic and sculptural Oeuvre and the so-called D-Paintings – presents to the
artist Dorothea Tanning, his wife.

Comestr. 42 / Max-Ernst-Allee 1
50321 Brühl
Telephone: +49 (0)22 32 / 57 93 111
www.maxernstmuseum.de

Opening hours: Tue – Sun 11:00 AM – 18:00 PM
on the 1st Thursday of the month until 21:00 PM
Public transport: DB (German railway) Bahnhof Brühl, underground 18, Brühl-Nord or Brühl-Mitte

Your advantage: free admission!