Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR
Museum in Max Ernst's birthplace Brühl with the most comprehensive collection on the life and work of the Surrealist; closed until probably 2027.
Om museet
The starting point of the collection was a donation that Max Ernst made to his hometown of Brühl in 1969; in 1980 it became the municipal Max Ernst Kabinett. In 2001 the City of Brühl, the Kreissparkasse Köln and the Landschaftsverband Rheinland founded the Stiftung Max Ernst, which expanded the holdings with almost the entire printed graphic oeuvre and numerous photographs. The Kreissparkasse contributed, as a permanent loan, about 70 sculptures and the 36 so-called D-Paintings that Max Ernst painted over decades for Dorothea Tanning.
For the museum, the neoclassical "Brühler Pavillon," a recreational restaurant built in 1844 within sight of Schloss Augustusburg, was renovated according to plans by Thomas van den Valentyn and Seyed Mohammad Oreyzi and extended with a glass central section and underground exhibition and event rooms. The museum opened on September 4, 2005; it is run by the LVR.
Besides the permanent exhibition on about seven decades of work – from Dada in the Rhineland through Parisian Surrealism and American exile to the late work in France – the museum showed more than 60 temporary exhibitions from classical modernism to the present; since 2023 the series NEW PERSPECTIVES has set contemporary accents. In the artist's birthplace house, the museum runs the Fantasie Labor for art education.
Since July 2026 the museum has been closed for the implementation of a new security concept; in parallel, the permanent exhibition is being refurnished on over 1,000 square meters and is expected to reopen in the first half of 2027.
Højdepunkter
- The 36 D-Paintings, gifts from Max Ernst to Dorothea Tanning
- Almost complete printed graphic work and collage novels such as "Une semaine de bonté"
- About 70 sculptures, including the large bronze "Capricorne"
- About 900 artist photographs including by Man Ray and Lee Miller
- Neoclassical pavilion with a glass new building near Schloss Augustusburg
- Grundlagt
- 2005
- Ejer
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR)
- Ledelse
- Madeleine Frey
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Pensionister | –According to the FAQ, no senior discount. |
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Admission prices are not published during the closure. According to the FAQ, the ticket is valid all day, with a full-price ticket for Schloss Augustusburg and Falkenlust there is a discount on the same day (and vice versa), and on the last Thursday of the month (except public holidays) admission is free. Open children's workshop in the Fantasie Labor €5, with parents €8.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt
- Taktile tilbud
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
- Letlæste tilbud
- Synstolkning
Accessible side entrance from the parking lot with doorbell and elevator to the foyer; two elevators to all levels, wheelchair-accessible restrooms on the mezzanine and in the basement. Because of evacuation times, at most three wheelchair users at the same time – book tickets in advance. Two loan wheelchairs and folding stools. Tactile guidance system in the entrance area, tactile plan, three tactile sculptures, tactile book and Braille material; media guide with image descriptions, Easy Language and DGS videos, DGS tours. No induction loop. Two accessible parking spaces at the museum.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Barnevognsvenlig
- Børnefødselsdage
Children's and family program with family tours, family workshops (MiniMax from age 3), open children's workshop on Museum Sunday, and birthday workshops in the Fantasie Labor at the Max Ernst birthplace house (Schloßstraße 21); the Fantasie Labor remains open while the museum is closed. For strollers there is a side entrance with doorbell and elevator.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Max Ernst Museum · 100 m
Brühl train station (trains from the direction of Cologne and Bonn), approx. 350 m or 2 minutes on foot; tram line 18 to Brühl Nord or Brühl Mitte, approx. 10 minutes on foot; bus lines A 4, A 59, A 553 and A 555 to "Max Ernst Museum" (approx. 100 m). Stops and train station are accessible.
I bil
Gratis parkering
Visitor parking lot directly behind the museum with 26 spaces (including 2 accessible parking spaces), only during opening hours or visited events; more parking at Brühl train station and at the Belvedere parking lot. Bus parking at the train station.
- Handicapparkering
Service & spisesteder
- Café
- Restaurant: findes ikke
- Museumsbutik
- Opbevaringsskabe
- Wi-fi
Museum café "Le Petit Max" with an outdoor terrace and museum shop (closed during the closure). Lockers for jackets and bags, free Wi-Fi "freiesWLAN.LVR".
Arrangementer & udlejning
- Lokaler til leje
- Private fester
- Firmaarrangementer
Dorothea-Tanning-Saal (also a venue of the Brühler Schlosskonzerte) and entrance foyer can be rented for congresses and receptions; no rentals during the closure.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Audioguide | ja (DE) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Fotografering | Allowed for private purposes, without flash or tripod. |
| Godt at vide | Media guide via QR codes (including Easy Language, DGS, image descriptions; bring your own headphones) and atmospheric audio guide. Exhibition texts in German and English. Tours, workshops, daycare and school programs can be booked through Kulturinfo Rheinland; during the closure, an outreach program in Brühl. |
