The Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster is the first and only Picasso museum in Germany. Behind listed facades in the heart of Münster's old town, it houses a collection of over 800 of Picasso's lithographs that is unique in the world.
Opened in 2000, the Picasso Museum in Münster is a magnet for Picasso fans from all over the world. The collection provides a comprehensive insight into the artist's lithographic oeuvre - in fact, with the exception of a few sheets, it comprises the complete lithographic work of the world-famous Spanish artist. It also includes intermediate states and proofs, which give visitors an insight into Picasso's artistic production processes.
Art museums in historic buildings
The only Picasso Museum in Germany presents a variety of Picasso-related exhibitions on a regular basis in its 600 square meter exhibition space. In addition, special exhibitions with loans from international museums and collections, as well as regular photo exhibitions, are dedicated not only to Picasso's life and work, but also to that of his artist friends and contemporaries. With ever-changing aspects and excerpts from the extensive collection, the museum constantly sets new thematic focuses and approaches the artist Picasso in different ways.
The Pablo Picasso Münster Art Museum is located on Picassoplatz in Königsstraße, once the most prestigious street in the old town. The exhibition rooms are located in two historic buildings. The Druffel'sche Hof, built between 1784 and 1788, is one of the city's most important classicist buildings. It was connected to the neighboring Hensenbau at the end of the 1990s for the purposes of the museum. The architecturally sophisticated overall complex of the Picasso Museum is now concealed behind the lavishly renovated facades of the two buildings.
Today, the museum's collection includes more than 800 prints by Pablo Picasso, most of which come from the Huizinga Collection. The museum also houses a unique collection of French painting books as well as graphic collections by Georges Braque and Marc Chagall and, since summer 2015, a graphic collection by Henri Matisse that is unique in Germany. Thanks to the modern conversion of the buildings, the Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster is barrier-free.
