Museum of art and cultural history at the Obertor gate in Neuss, with an important Symbolist collection, naïve art and finds from the Roman camp of Novaesium.
July 5, 2026 – October 11, 2026
Created for the Neuss State Garden Show (Landesgartenschau), the exhibition traces how people have reshaped the Lower Rhine landscape from the Stone Age through Roman times and the Middle Ages to industrialization.
April 30, 2026 – October 11, 2026
Studio exhibition by the Neuss artist and biologist, who preserves ephemeral natural finds through paper cutting, sewing and specimen preparation.
May 10, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Annual exhibition at the Feld-Haus on the mass-produced oleograph around 1900, which decorated living rooms with everything from stag motifs to art reproductions.
November 15, 2026 – April 25, 2027
Works by self-taught artists such as André Bauchant and Max Raffler on the relationship between humans and animals; at the same time, the naïve art holdings restored after the 2022 water damage return to view.
The museum's roots lie in the Neuss antiquities society founded in 1839. In 1908 Pauline Sels, widow of the physician Clemens Sels, left the city an art collection and a fortune on condition that a museum be built in the center; the building on the market square opened in 1912. After it was destroyed in World War II, the collection moved into the Obertor, the medieval city gate of Neuss.
As the holdings kept growing, Harald Deilmann designed a new building, which opened in 1975 with a connection to the Obertor and was comprehensively renovated by 2015. In 2010 the Feld-Haus was added on the Kirkeby-Feld near the Museum Insel Hombroich, a branch for the collection of more than 30,000 popular prints assembled by former museum director Irmgard Feldhaus. Water damage in May 2022 forced long closures and restoration work; the Roman Collection returned in a new presentation in October 2025.
The art collection ranges from medieval panel paintings and 17th-century Dutch painting to the Nazarenes and Pre-Raphaelites and on to Symbolism, for which the museum holds a special position in Germany with works by Gustave Moreau and his circle. These are complemented by Rhenish Expressionism, naïve art and contemporary color painting. The archaeology department shows finds from the Roman legionary camp of Novaesium, which has been part of the Lower Germanic Limes UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2021.
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €2.50Recipients of social assistance and students up to and including age 27 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 21 · Free admission up to age 21. |
| Students & apprentices | €2.50Up to and including age 27. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €3.50 per personGroups (10 people or more) reduced €1.50 per person. Private guided tours of the archaeological sites €75 (60 min.). |
| Public guided tour (Sundays, 60 min.) | €4Participation fee |
Free admission: Free admission on the first Sunday of every month.
Free admission for holders of the art:card Düsseldorf and members of the museum association; partner of the Kulturliste Düsseldorf. The Feld-Haus, RomaNEum and Fossa Sanguinis are free of charge.
Step-free access to the main building; elevator to the art and cultural history collections and special exhibitions. The city history section in the Obertor can only be reached by stairs. Loan wheelchair and portable seats available. Video guide in German Sign Language (approx. 40 min.) free at the ticket desk or online; tours in German Sign Language are planned. Tours in Easy German (Leichte Sprache) and for people with dementia can be booked. The Feld-Haus is step-free.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 21 |
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"Doppelpack": on the 1st Sunday of each month, children's workshops (from age 3 or from age 6) alongside the public tour for adults. Children's audio guides online; occasional children's theater.
Stadthalle / Museum
Bus and tram to the stop “Stadthalle / Museum”.
Paid parking
Paid parking lot of the Stadthalle Neuss directly next to the museum (Selikumer Str. 25).
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (DE) |
| Good to know | Public guided tours every Sunday (€4). Audio guides to the collection and the Roman Collection (also for children) available to listen to online. Lunchtime format “Kunst & Stulle” (art and sandwiches) with a short tour. |
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