Roentgen-Museum Neuwied

Over het museum

The museum opened in 1928 as the district museum of the Neuwied district. The listed building on Raiffeisenplatz was built from 1926 to designs by the Cologne architects Mattar and Scheler in the Heimatstil (regional revival style) with Neoclassical and Baroque touches; the four floors offer around 800 square meters of exhibition space, and the museum also has a garden. In 2007 the building was given the name Roentgen-Museum.

Its namesakes are Abraham Roentgen (1711–1793) and his son David (1743–1807), who made luxury furniture in Neuwied for royal courts from Paris to St. Petersburg. Abraham Roentgen belonged to the Moravian Church (Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine), which was able to settle in the young residence town thanks to the religious tolerance of the Counts of Wied. The museum holds a collection of these "Neuwied furniture" pieces that is unique in the world – secretaries, metamorphic tables, chests of drawers, and caskets with inlay work, gilded bronzes, and ingenious mechanisms – as well as clocks by the Neuwied clockmaker Peter Kinzing. The showpiece is the Apollo clock, a musical clock that Roentgen and Kinzing made for the tsar's court.

Further rooms show furniture from the Baroque to Art Nouveau, portraits of the counts and princes of Wied, and views of the Baroque town foundation. A multimedia section is devoted to Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, who developed the cooperative idea as mayor of Heddesdorf; furnished Westerwald parlors show the everyday life of the simple rural population of his time.

On the second floor, temporary exhibitions on art and design take place several times a year. Concerts, lectures, and readings complete the program; in 2026 the museum was named "Museum of the Month" by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Hoogtepunten

• Collection of Roentgen furniture that is unique in the world
• Apollo clock by David Roentgen and Peter Kinzing
• Kinzing clocks from Neuwied
• Raiffeisen section and Westerwald parlors
• Museum garden

Vaste collectie

• Abraham und David Roentgen – „Neuwieder Möbel“ für Europa – Luxury furniture from the Neuwied workshop with inlay work and hidden mechanisms, as well as clocks by Peter Kinzing, including the Apollo clock for the tsar's court.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen – Multimedia presentation on the life and work of the founder of the cooperative movement, complemented by furnished Westerwald parlors from his time.
• Wohnkultur und Stadtgeschichte – Furniture, paintings, and decorative arts from the Baroque to Art Nouveau, as well as portraits of the rulers of Wied and early views of the residence town of Neuwied.

Opgericht

1928

Beheerder

Landkreis Neuwied

Directie

Jennifer Stein

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Free admission on the first Saturday of every month

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Level entrance, all rooms accessible without barriers; large passenger elevator with large buttons labeled in tactile form; enough space between exhibits for wheelchairs. Accessible restroom on the fourth floor. Free folding chairs on the first floor, as well as a hearing system (microphone and three receivers) for tours and lectures available at the ticket desk.

Kinderen & gezin

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Catalogs and books are sold at the ticket desk. Museum garden for relaxing.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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