27. november 2026 – 6. december 2026
Kölner Design Preis 2026
Exhibition of the nominated graduation projects from design programs at Cologne universities for the 20th awarding of the prize; free admission.
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Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln
Cologne's museum of decorative arts and design near the cathedral: design classics in dialogue with fine art, plus 7,000 years of jewelry art.
ÅbningstiderEntré fra 6 € Kørestolsvenlig
Begrænset åbent. The presentations "Kunst + Design im Dialog" and "Faszination Schmuck" as well as special exhibitions are open; the historical collections remain closed for renovation and reconception. The museum café is closed until further notice.
Aktuelle udstillinger
Om museet
The museum was founded in 1888 on the initiative of Cologne citizens as a Kunstgewerbemuseum (museum of decorative arts), making it the second-oldest municipal museum in Cologne. Its core consisted of decorative arts holdings from the collections of Ferdinand Franz Wallraf and Matthias Joseph de Noël, which were quickly expanded through numerous private donations.
After initially being housed in the former school for the deaf on An der Rechtschule, the museum moved around 1900 into a new Neo-Gothic building on the Hansaring. In the following decades it gave up parts of its collection: in 1913 the Ostasiatisches Museum (Museum of East Asian Art) became independent, and between 1927 and 1932 holdings went to the Stadtmuseum, the Museum Schnütgen, and the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. The collections survived World War II almost completely, but the building did not. Decades in temporary quarters followed, from 1961 to 1986 in the Romanesque Overstolzenhaus.
Since 1989 the museum, under its current name, has occupied the former Wallraf-Richartz-Museum building next to the Minoritenkirche, built in 1957 by Rudolf Schwarz and Josef Bernard – an icon of postwar modernism with an inner courtyard and a Mataré fountain. The donation by Richard G. Winkler, handed over in 2005 and comprising more than 700 objects, shapes the design presentation opened in 2008, which shows design and fine art side by side. A large jewelry presentation was added at the end of 2024; the historical collections are currently closed for renovation and reconception.
Højdepunkter
- Permanent exhibition "Kunst + Design im Dialog" (Art + Design in Dialogue) with the Winkler collection
- Juxtapositions such as Rietveld's Red and Blue Chair next to paintings by Piet Mondrian
- "Faszination Schmuck": around 370 pieces from 7,000 years of jewelry art
- Museum building by Rudolf Schwarz (1957) with an inner courtyard and a fountain by Ewald Mataré
- Annual exhibition for the Kölner Design Preis (Cologne Design Prize)
Permanente udstillinger
- Kunst + Design im Dialog – Design history from Art Nouveau to the 21st century, juxtaposing furniture and everyday objects with paintings and sculptures from the same period.
- Faszination Schmuck. 7000 Jahre Schmuckkunst im MAKK – Around 370 pieces from the jewelry collection, from ancient Near Eastern engraved gems to contemporary works, arranged thematically and chronologically.
- Grundlagt
- 1888
- Ejer
- Stadt Köln
- Ledelse
- Petra Hesse
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 6 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 3,50 €Trainees, students, holders of the Ehrenamtskarte (volunteer card), people doing federal voluntary service, people with a severe disability, holders of a BBK ID, IAA Card, or art-Card; KölnCard holders in the collections only |
| Børn og unge | gratisgratis til og med 17 år · Children up to 6 and Cologne children and young people up to 18 free everywhere; all children and young people up to 18 get free admission to the collection presentations; school students from anywhere in the world free (including two accompanying adults per school class). |
| Pensionister | –No senior discount listed. |
| Personer med handicap | 3,50 €ledsager gratis · People with a severe disability pay the reduced price; one companion is free if the "B" marker is on the ID. |
| Studerende og elever | 3,50 €Students of art history, art technology/conservation, and design programs, as well as vocational school students, get free admission to the collection presentations. |
| Grupper | –Please register group visits in advance; guided tours can be booked through the Museumsdienst Köln. |
| Familier | –No dedicated family ticket; the MuseumsCard Family (€30, two adults and two children) is valid at all municipal museums. |
| Special exhibition | 6 €reduced €3; per special exhibition |
| MuseumsCard Single | 18 €two consecutive opening days at all municipal museums, including public transport in Cologne on the first day |
| Annual pass for the Cologne museums, including special exhibitions | 90 €reduced €45; without special exhibitions €68 / reduced €34 |
Gratis entré: KölnTag on the first Thursday of the month (except on public holidays): free for Cologne residents, reduced admission for everyone else from 17:00
Free admission for Cologne residents on their birthday, KölnPass holders, refugees from Ukraine, members of the Overstolzengesellschaft, the Freunde der Art Cologne, ICOM, the Museumsbund, and the Deutscher Verband für Kunstgeschichte, and holders of the Kölner Künstler:innenkarte (Cologne artists' card), among others. The Kölner Design Preis exhibition is free. Payment by debit (EC) and credit card.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
- Letlæste tilbud
- Synstolkning
Step-free entrance, elevators to all exhibition levels and to the basement with accessible restrooms; stair lift to the second level of the design exhibition (max. 300 kg). Three accessible parking spaces in front of the museum on An der Rechtschule. Loaner wheelchair and folding stools available. No tactile floor guidance system. App audio guide "Design" with audio description and in Easy German (Leichte Sprache); tours for blind and visually impaired people, in sign language, in Easy German, and for people with dementia by arrangement through the Museumsdienst Köln.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 17 år |
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- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
- Børnefødselsdage
Children's and family tours, children's workshop, the reading series "Lesewelten," and school-holiday programs; design rally with audio puzzles, design audio dramas, and an audio-drama tour for children in the app audio guide. Children's birthday parties (about 2.5 hours) through the Museumsdienst Köln.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Dom/Hauptbahnhof · 10 min. til fods
Stadtbahn (light rail)/bus Dom/Hauptbahnhof and Köln Hauptbahnhof (long-distance, regional, and S-Bahn trains, also from the airport); according to museen.koeln, about a 10-minute walk.
I bil
Parkering muligt
No museum parking; nearby parking garages: Dom (underground parking beneath the cathedral), Brückenstraße, Opern Passagen, and DuMont-Carré (with 31 accessible spaces). Three accessible parking spaces in front of the museum on An der Rechtschule.
- Handicapparkering
Service & spisesteder
- Café: findes ikke
- Restaurant: findes ikke
- Museumsbutik
- Garderobe
- Opbevaringsskabe
The café "MAKKbar" is closed until further notice; a reopening has been announced. Small museum shop with publications and limited MAKKeditions. Unattended coat check and lockers in the entrance area.
Arrangementer & udlejning
- Lokaler til leje
No dedicated rental page; according to the team page, event inquiries go to vermietung.makk@stadt-koeln.de.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Audioguide | ja (DE) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Free app audio guide "Design" (freshmuseum app) with tours for adults, children (audio drama), blind and visually impaired people, and in Easy German. Public guided tours by the Museumsdienst on Tuesdays, on KölnTag, and on the first Sunday of the month (€0–2 plus admission); free tours by the volunteer working group Sat and Sun at 15:00. Please register group visits in advance. |
