Kolping Museum Kerpen

Museum at Adolph Kolping's birthplace in Kerpen on the life and work of the "father of journeymen" (Gesellenvater) and the present-day work of the Kolping Society.

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About the museum

The Kolping Museum in Kerpen commemorates Adolph Kolping, who was born here in 1813. The brick house at the Obermühle stands on the site of his birth house and has belonged to the Kolping Society since 1921; the museum has been housed in the annex since 1963. For his 200th birthday, the exhibition was fundamentally redesigned in 2012.

On display are personal everyday objects, furniture and documents from Kolping's possessions, including a shoemaker's table and shoemaking tools that recall his years as a journeyman. Architectural staging, texts, interactive elements, and film and audio documents guide visitors through the stations of his work, the present-day work of the International Kolping Society, and Kolping's beatification in 1991.

Highlights

Shoemaker's table and tools from Kolping's possessions
Furniture, everyday objects and documents
Film and audio documents on his work
Stations of the work of the Kolping Society today
Beatification in 1991

Permanent exhibition

Adolph Kolping – Leben und Werk – Permanent exhibition on Kolping's life, on personal objects from his possessions, on the present-day work of the Kolping Society and on his beatification.

Founded: 1963
Operated by: Kolpingwerk