Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The Mittelrhein-Museum dates back to 1835. Koblenz priest Joseph Gregor Lang had bequeathed his collection of almost 200 paintings, prints, books, coins and decorative arts to the city – on condition that it be made accessible to the public. Civic commitment turned it into a municipal museum.

Over the years the museum moved several times. Its most formative home was the Altes Kaufhaus on Florinsmarkt, where the collection was housed from 1870 and again from 1965. In 2013 the museum moved into the newly built Forum Confluentes on Zentralplatz, a striking cultural building by the Amsterdam firm Benthem Crouwel, which it shares with the city library and the tourist information office.

Today the holdings comprise some 1,900 paintings, more than 11,000 works on paper, sculptures, photographs, coins, ceramics and objects of cultural history. The permanent exhibition, covering about 1,900 square meters, leads chronologically through galleries devoted to individual periods: from medieval sculpture and panel painting through the Baroque – with a gallery of its own for Januarius Zick – Neoclassicism, Biedermeier and Rhine Romanticism to the Düsseldorf School of painting, classical modernism and the present. Changing special and cabinet exhibitions round out the program; the museum also runs the Mutter-Beethoven-Haus in Ehrenbreitstein.

Highlights

• Period galleries from the Middle Ages to the present
• Gallery devoted to the Baroque painter Januarius Zick
• Rhine Romanticism and views of the Middle Rhine
• Groups of works by K. O. Götz, Rissa and Heijo Hangen
• Modern cultural building Forum Confluentes on Zentralplatz

Permanent exhibitions

• Ständige Sammlung – A chronological tour of art and cultural history from the Middle Ages through the Baroque and Rhine Romanticism to modernism and the present.

Founded

1835

Operated by

Stadt Koblenz

Director

Dr. Matthias von der Bank

Admission & discounts

Prices apply to the permanent exhibition. Members of the friends' association of the Mittelrhein-Museum and Ludwig Museum are admitted free.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: not available
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Level, step-free entrance; both exhibition floors accessible by elevator. Wheelchair, rollator and folding stools can be borrowed at the ticket desk against a deposit. Certified "Barrierefreiheit geprüft" (accessibility verified) in 2015: accessible for people with walking impairments and wheelchair users, partially accessible for people with visual impairments. Labels are not tactile. Accessible parking spaces in the Forum Mittelrhein and Schängelcenter parking garages and on Schlossstraße.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Kids’ birthday parties

Themed children's birthday parties for ages 6 and up (max. 10 children, 2–3 hours), vacation workshops for ages 8 and up, creative modules for school classes. Children up to age 12 free; family ticket available.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Lockers

Lockers in the museum foyer and in the basement of the Kulturbau.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Plan your visit