Local history museum in the Düsseldorf district of Kaiserswerth, with a clay model of the fortified town, changing art exhibitions and free admission.
November 7, 2026 – January 17, 2027
Exhibition by the artist couple Andrea and Bertolt Mohr with paintings, drawings and objects, including some made from driftwood found on the Rhine, on the relationship between people and the Rhine landscape.
The museum belongs to the Heimat- und Bürgerverein Kaiserswerth, founded in 1949 at the suggestion of the poet Herbert Eulenberg as the "Heimatfreunde Kaiserswerth." In 1984, the Kaiserswerth artist Hannes Esser turned the idea of a museum of its own on Kaiserswerther Markt into reality. Its foundation remains the town model at a scale of 1:20 that he created, which shows the place before its destruction in 1702.
In 1991 the museum moved into the east wing of the former Lyzeum on Fliednerstraße, where the Kaiserswerth primary school is now housed; exhibition, club and archive rooms are available there. The museum sits in the historic old town, whose former fortification walls are still largely preserved.
The permanent exhibition uses display panels and archaeological finds to tell the history of the town, with its Stift (a collegiate foundation) and imperial palace, and recalls personalities such as Friedrich von Spee, Theodor Fliedner and Florence Nightingale. There is also a collection of paintings, prints, sculptures and documents by Kaiserswerth artists, and a small specialist library. The museum is run by volunteers and only opens while a temporary exhibition is on, usually one dedicated to artists with a connection to northern Düsseldorf.
Admission is free.
Admission is free; a donation box stands at the exit.
The entrance can only be reached via a few steps; the museum is not accessible.
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Klemensplatz · 250 m
U79 (from Düsseldorf and Duisburg) and bus lines 728, 749 and 760 to the stop "Klemensplatz"; from there it is about 250 meters on foot.
Parking available
Parking in the old town is scarce. Directly outside the fortifications there are two free public car parks (access from Niederrheinstraße and An St. Swidbert) and another on Arnheimer Straße (with parking disc). A paid underground car park lies beneath the Klemensviertel (access from Alte Landstraße).
Access to the old town is only from Klemensplatz (A 52 exit Ratingen/Kaiserswerth or B 8n). On foot and by bike, the town can be reached via the Leinpfad along the Rhine; in summer the "Weiße Flotte" (White Fleet) ferry runs from Düsseldorf to Kaiserswerth (about 500 meters from the landing stage). The museum is in the east wing of the primary school; you cross the schoolyard.
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| Good to know | The exhibitions are accompanied by a program of lectures, readings and curator-led tours; registration is often requested. |
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