Bienenwaben Installation im Folkwang Museum in Essen
Tourismus NRW e.V., Bienenwaben Installation im Folkwang Museum in Essen

Top exhibitionsArt heaven, Kant and the climate crisis

The museums in North Rhine-Westphalia offer a wide range of exciting exhibitions with different focal points. Art and culture enthusiasts can look forward to works by renowned painters, sculptors and photographers. Institutions show exhibits on important music groups. Historical events, historical personalities and social phenomena also play a role. Below you will find an overview of the top exhibitions on offer this year. They are divided into the areas of "Art, Design, Architecture" and "Music, Science, Society".

Art, design, architecture

  • Yoko Ono in HALF-A-ROOM, 1967 from HALF-A-WIND SHOW, Lisson Gallery, London, 1967
    Yoko Ono, Foto: Clay Perry, Yoko Ono in HALF-A-ROOM, 1967 from HALF-A-WIND SHOW, Lisson Gallery, London, 1967
    Yoko Ono
    Kunstsammlung NRW | K20 Grabbeplatz, Düsseldorf
    5. Feb 2025 - 16. Mar 2025
    28.09.2024 until 16.03.2025
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    Five Friends
    Museum Ludwig, Köln
    3. Oct 2025 - 11. Jan 2026
    A collaboration that changed art
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  • In the former Kurhaus in Kleve, now an art museum, visitors can visit Beuys' first studio and view his early work
    Johannes Höhn, Tourismus NRW e.V., In the former Kurhaus in Kleve, now an art museum, visitors can visit Beuys' first studio and view his early work
    The whole cosmos of Ewald Mataré
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    5. Feb 2025 - 9. Mar 2025
    27.10.2024 until 19.11.2024
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  • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Fondation Corboud, interior view
    Dieter Jacobi, Köln Tourismus GmbH, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Fondation Corboud, interior view
    A Museum of Museums
    Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Köln
    5. Feb 2025 - 9. Feb 2025
    Time travel through the art of exhibiting and seeing
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  • Gustave Courbet, The cliffs near Étretat, around 1896
    Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, Gustave Courbet, The cliffs near Étretat, around 1896
    Times and rooms
    Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
    5. Feb 2025 - 30. Mar 2025
    24.03.2024 until 31.03.2025
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  • William Kentridge, drawing for the self-portrait As a Coffee Pot (2 Private Thoughts), 2021
    William Kentridge, 2024, William Kentridge, drawing for the self-portrait As a Coffee Pot (2 Private Thoughts), 2021
    William Kentridge. Triumphs and laments
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    2. Sept 2025 - 31. Jan 2026
    01.09.2025 until 31.01.2026
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  • TANAKA RYOHEI
    Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln
    5. Feb 2025 - 13. Apr 2025
    From line to landscape
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  • Svenja John, NOKOMIS brooch, Berlin, 2010
    Foto: DetlefSchumacher.com, Svenja John, NOKOMIS brooch, Berlin, 2010
    The Fascination of Jewellery
    Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, Köln
    5. Feb 2025 - 30. Dec 2025
    7000 Years of Jewellery Art at the MAKK
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  • Tell these people who I am
    Dortmunder U, Dortmund
    5. Feb 2025 - 23. Mar 2025
    Dortmund U
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Music, science, society

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    Anne Winterer - Rhineland and Ruhr region in view
    LVR-Industriemuseum St. Antony-Hütte, Oberhausen
    5. Feb 2025 - 22. Jun 2025
    LVR Industrial Museum St. Antony Ironworks
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  • Leon James and Willa Mae Ricker demonstrate a Lindy Hop step
    Gjon Mili / The LIFE Picture Collection / Shutterstock, Leon James and Willa Mae Ricker demonstrate a Lindy Hop step
    Dance worlds
    Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
    5. Feb 2025 - 16. Feb 2025
    Federal Art Gallery
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  • The Portal of Industrial Heritage and the Ruhr Museum are located in the former coal washing plant
    Maximilian Hulisz, Tourismus NRW e.V., The Portal of Industrial Heritage and the Ruhr Museum are located in the former coal washing plant
    Glückauf - Roll the movie!
    Ruhr Museum, Essen
    5. Feb 2025 - 2. Mar 2025
    29.06.2024 until 02.03.2025
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  • Imperial palace with St. Bartholomew's Chapel
    Karl Heinz Schäfer, Tourist Information Paderborn, Imperial palace with St. Bartholomew's Chapel
    1,250 years of Westphalia
    LWL-Museum in der Kaiserpfalz, Paderborn
    1. May 2025 - 28. Feb 2026
    01.05.2025 until 28.02.2026
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  • Emmanuele Baccinelli, Phantomias, private collection
    Disney, Emmanuele Baccinelli, Phantomias, private collection
    Superheroes
    NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
    5. Feb 2025 - 11. May 2025
    13.09.2024 until 26.01.2025
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  • Two permanent exhibitions and regular special shows provide insights into the animal and plant world at the LWL Museum of Natural History
    LWL, Oblonczyk, Two permanent exhibitions and regular special shows provide insights into the animal and plant world at the LWL Museum of Natural History
    Genes - diversity of life
    LWL-Museum für Naturkunde, Münster
    5. Feb 2025 - 31. Dec 2025
    Genes - diversity of life
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  • The award-winning underwater photographer Tobias Friedrich has captured a blue shark in a picture. Guests can now marvel at the photo
    Tobias Friedrich, The award-winning underwater photographer Tobias Friedrich has captured a blue shark in a picture. Guests can now marvel at the photo
    Planet Ocean
    Gasometer Oberhausen, Oberhausen
    5. Feb 2025 - 30. Nov 2025
    15.03.2024 until 30.12.2024
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  • Poster for the exhibition After Hitler. The German confrontation with National Socialism
    Schleiner + Partner Kommunikation, Poster for the exhibition After Hitler. The German confrontation with National Socialism
    After Hitler. The German confrontation with National Socialism
    Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
    5. Feb 2025 - 25. Jan 2026
    House of History
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  • The LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn is one of the oldest museums in Germany. Its façade radiates modernity
    LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, The LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn is one of the oldest museums in Germany. Its façade radiates modernity
    MUSIC! feel the beat
    LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Bonn
    5. Feb 2025 - 27. Apr 2025
    12.10.2024 until 27.04.2025
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