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The City of Duisburg has an excellent and international range of museums at its disposal. At the top is the Museums4, a cooperative effort of four large museums whose differentiating orientations complement one another.
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Binnenschifffahrtsmuseum (The Museum of German Inland Navigation) The Museum der Deutschen Binnenschiffahrt (Museum of German Inland Navigation) is Germany's largest museum devoted completely to inland waterway navigation. Set on the world's largest inland port, the museum conveys knowledge surrounding the economics, technology, and social history of inland navigation. It presents the development of inland navigation from the Stone Age until today, over an area of 2500 m². Since its refurbishing in 1998, the museum is located today in the former swimming pool facilities in the Ruhrort district dating from the Art Nouveau period. |
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Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum (The Culture and City Historical Museum) The main message the Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum (Culture and City Historical Museum) conveys is the exemplary illustration of the forces of movement and interrelations that were important in the formation, development and the future prospects of the city of Duisburg. The exhibition collection of the museum has two focuses: the history of Duisburg and the everyday life of the people living here from the first settlement during the Stone Age up to the post-industrial cosmopolitan of today. The work of the famous cartographer Gerhard Mercator, who lived in Duisburg until his death in 1594, provides a further accent. |
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MKM Küppersmühle The new usage of the former mill "Küppersmühle" into a museum for modern art was a part of the major city layout developmental concept for the Duisburg Inner Harbour. The Küppersmühle Museum is marked not only by an internationally important collection of contemporary art, but also by its unusual architecture. The Museum is situated in one of the most striking historic industrial buildings at the Inner Harbour- a historically protected brick construction that was raised at the beginning of the 20th century. The "Küppersmühle" presents contemporary art from the Ströhe New Collection within architecturally stunning museum surroundings. |
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DKM Museum Ten years after the DKM Foundation was set up, Dirk Krämer and Klaus Maas opened the first private museum of their own. Situated near the main railway station on a former industrial site measuring 3600 m², an exhibition centre has been built to house their unique collection. The DKM collection comprises five very different areas: contemporary art starting in the 1960s; very much older Asian art including works up to 2000 years old from the Orient to the Far East, and present-day Asian art. There is also a focus on classical and contemporary photography and, emphasising the exhibition’s wide range, there are vessels representing 5000 years of cultural history. |
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LehmbruckMuseum The LehmbruckMuseum is devoted to international sculptures of the 20th century and is in possession of one of the most important European collections of modern sculpture. The building, set in the middle of the Kantpark in the city centre, is one of the most outstanding achievements in post-1945 German architecture. It was constructed between 1959 and 1964 and extended from 1985 to 1987 in accordance with the plans of sculptor Manfred Lehmbruck. |
The Tourist Information is pleased to provide further information about the major Duisburg museums.
