Spectacular museum. Their collection is beautiful, modern, and unique. The staff here are very friendly and professional. Given that this is a free museum, we were very impressed with how well managed, organized, and clean the entire place was. We came early in the morning and there were only 2 or 3 other guests in each gallery, which made our experience that much better. Highly recommend this place if you're visiting Essen.

It's a great museum with an awesome art collection.

A large permanent exhibition with a current exhibition celebrating 100 years to the collection. The museum has many pleasant spaces, there's a lot to see but also places to take a pause or rest. Many highlights, in and out the special exhibition for which you stand in line and pay 14€ The permanent exhibition is for free! Because one of us is impressionism fan, we took the line and paid for RENOIR, MONET, GAUGUIN - but also without that, I'd enjoy the visit.

One of Germany’s most impressive art museums that nobody seems to know about. The Impressionist collection will leave you dazzled. Make the trip to come here or you will be missing out on so many beautiful works of art.

it was such a minimalistic designed museum. i loved the building. And the arts are so worth to see.

(Translated by Google) One of the coolest collections of photography in Germany, if not in Europe (Original) Eine der coolsten Sammlungen von Fotografie in Deutschland, wenn nicht in Europa

(Translated by Google) laaaaaaaaaa boring CAUTION RIP-OFF! CAUTION RIP-OFF! CAUTION RIP-OFF! (Original) laaaaaaaaaaangweilig VORSICHT ABZOCKE! VORSICHT ABZOCKE! VORSICHT ABZOCKE!

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I went here for the exhibition of Keith Haring. It was super interesting and well exhibited, the big room was perfect for the paintings and even the techniques they used for the exposition were really smart. Recommended!

(Translated by Google) Quite boring for my taste ... but many probably have different views. (Original) Recht langweilig für meinen Geschmack... haben viele aber wahrscheinlich andere Ansichten.

This museum is undoubtedly one of the best modern art museums in Europe. It has a very impressive collection, the presentation of the works very well supported by the architecture of the museum buildings. The tempory exhibitions prove this museum is active and leading.

Nice museum with plenty to see and a good collection. The permanent exhibition is free. A couple staff were a bit rude, but overall definitely worth it.

Modern museum with a good collection of high profile art work. Not too crowded (ppl & art), clear flow, knowledgeable security workers who are keen to share their insights and anecdotes. Spend around 1.5h for the main exhibition with our boys. Highlight the camera/video distortion in the main lobby.

A beautiful and wonderful place where the paintings are filled with art there are many beautiful works and some I do not like knowing that it is beautiful

Enormous collection in a beutiful space. You will need all day if you want to see everything

Great collection featuring top artists of the 20th century. Well presented and designed, the rooms are organised by topic rather than merely chronologically. The staff was eager to interact, friendly and informative.

Disorder and lack of coherent display of artworks. The spaces of this museum are actually huge, but they are not rationally exploited: The managers have tried to mix in the same room , for example, an ancient Egyptian statue next to the expressionism artworks : There is no clear meaning in doing this . The visitors have no chance to understand where is the logical or historical link between ancien Egypt statuary and Expressionismus. This is just one of the many examples I collected during my visit. Nolde is in one room, then in another and moreover in another. But there is no Leitmotiv in such a display , no chronology and no link among artworks. Frankly it gives the impression of visiting a storeroom. Folkwang in the past was better placed when organising an exhibition on ONE artist or on ONE mainstream school of artists. But its permanent collection, albeit on rotation of artworks, has deceived me beyond any expectations. We are however grateful for the kindness from the museum managers to let the admission free of charge.

We saw a nice modern dance performance here. Thanks!

A welcome refuge from the sweltering temperatures. We had an hour to kill so we strolled through the permanent collection. The Kiki Smith sculpture was a shining highlight.

Fantastic collection including modern and contemporary art

A spacy museum. The temporary exhibition (expressionists) is quite good but not exciting. The tickets are a bit expensive with 14€ (corrected) if you visit just the temporary exhibition. Also the prices at the restaurant are on the higher side.

This museum is located in Essen German, Essen is an industrial type city has that has a small town center (mitte) and one of the best Christmas Festivals we've been to for a small city. First and foremost the Folkwang museum does not charge a fee to see their large art collection, but they do charge to enter the traveling art collection. We paid 8euro per person to enter the traveling art section. Both the free and paid art collection is large and contains items from Europe and across the world. You can get lost and enjoy just walking around the 3 floors reading and German and English information cards for each item. I did learn (after violating) that there is a 1-1/2 foot distance required from the art collections. In my defense they didn't have the normal white line painted on the floor.

I was so pleased to have visited this. Excellent and well worth the visit if your in this area. You would be sad if you missed it. This museum has a GREAT permanent collection from the impressionists onwards - The collection is stunning, all the big names. it's set out in light galeries; beautifully laid out.

Major art collection in a beautiful modern building by David Chipperfield, also showing changing exhibition. The current print exhibition was excellent. The collection galleries are very spacious (almost empty...) with an interesting, maybe slightly overworked mixed hanging. There is a well stocked museum shop and excellent museum restaurant. Highly recommended

The only issue I have with this place is the security staff. Wow. Just wow. So intrusive. All dressed in black like some squad of inspectors waiting to pounce. Otherwise it’s a great gallery. Apparently voted most beautiful gallery in the world.. mmm that I can’t see. But it’s a great gallery space however. Really nice collection. Free entry. Some beautiful Buddhas and bodhisattvas. It’s all hung by theme which I’m not much of a fan of. Could do with some improvements but you’re getting 4/5. Just sort your imposing security out please

What a wonderful surprise! The building itself is remarkable. Permanent collection of the highest quality. It's a must if you're in Essen, but it's worth a trip even if you're far away.

The Folkwang museum has an exciting architecture, continuously combining interior and exterior, deliberately presenting the exhibition halls as a maze, interjecting reading and rest areas, enticing one to just wander around and discover. Great collection of German Expressionists. I came to Essen especially to see this museum and stayed for 2 days, it is that good! And the direction decided to keep entrance free, as a gift to art lovers.

Free entrance to see famous paintings and sculptures.

This art museum is absolutely fabulous, I'm speechless! First of all, they have big parking under the museum, easy to access, with a lot of places, you don't have to worry about your car! As about the museum, wow, it was one of the most pleasant surprises from my entire life: a huge number of artworks, very well done arranged and showed, with an exact quantity of light on them. You may take pictures (except for those who have a sign near them?!) but you cannot make (short) movies in some rooms, the guardian, very polite, will come to you to apologize for this aspect. I think I've made hundreds of pictures and, maybe, tens of short movies! At the end of my visit, I bought two great albums from their library, "Collage" by Brandon Taylor and "Robert Rauschenberg", by Leah Dickerman & Achim Borchardt-Hume (lots of other contributors) and I drank a very good coffee to their art-bar-cafeteria named Edda! Bravo to the administrators, bravo to the entire staff! You have made my day! It was a huge pleasure to discover all your treasure - please receive my gratitude!

Just a good Museum. Architecture, exhibits, way of presenting. These pics are from the exhibition "der montierte Mensch". And they have the most vanGoghs in Germany, if that is something worth in your eyes.

I love this museum, the permanent exhibition is for free and one can find pieces of art by Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Magritte, etc.

#Essen #Art #Painting #FreeArt Amazing artworks. Permanent collection is free. Free cloakroom also.

Plenty of well known 19th-20th century masters are here Picasso, Mondriaan, Dix and many more.Paintings and scultures in a nice modern museum walking distance from the centre of Essen

(Translated by Google) One word: GO! it's a great cultural asset! (Original) Ein Wort: HINGEHEN! es ist eine tolle kulturelle Bereicherung!

(Translated by Google) Very nice staff good exhibition (Keith Harring). Nice restaurant integrated with delicious food. (Original) Sehr nette Mitarbeiter gute Ausstellung (Keith Harring). Nettes Restaurant integriert mit leckerem Essen .

(Translated by Google) Modern ambience and very interesting exhibitions. Keith Haring's exhibition is currently an absolute recommendation! (Original) Modernes Ambiente und sehr interessante Ausstellungen. Aktuell ist die Ausstellung von Keith Haring eine absolute Empfehlung!

(Translated by Google) A treat for the senses and the soul! There is something for everyone here, just because of the changing exhibitions. In addition, it is well organized here even during corona times. (Original) Eine Wohltat für die Sinne und die Seele! Hier ist für jeden etwas dabei, allein schon durch die wechselnden Ausstellungen. Außerdem ist hier auch zu Coronazeiten bestens organisiert.

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(Translated by Google) Exhibitions convey the artist's sense of time and intention ... My favorite museum ... (Original) Ausstellungen vermitteln das Zeitgefühl und die Intention des Künstlers... Mein Lieblingsmuseum...

(Translated by Google) Big and spacious house, Keith Haring's art is not my preferred genre, but it was a fascinating immersion in an exciting era. Great hanging and good explanatory accompanying texts. Only the trip to the photo collection in the basement was disappointing, but art is free😀. Parking spaces are also available. (Original) Großes und weitläufiges Haus, die Kunst von Keith Haring ist zwar nicht mein präferiertes Genre, aber es war ein faszinierendes Eintauchen in eine aufregende Epoche. Tolle Hängung und gute erklärende Begleittexte. Nur der Ausflug zur Fotosammlung ins Kellergeschoß war enttäuschend, aber Kunst ist frei😀. Parkplätze stehen auch zur Verfügung.

(Translated by Google) Very nice staff good exhibition (Keith Harring). Nice restaurant integrated with delicious food. (Original) Sehr nette Mitarbeiter gute Ausstellung (Keith Harring). Nettes Restaurant integriert mit leckerem Essen .

(Translated by Google) Keith Haring AND the museum 👍👍👍👍👍 (Original) Keith Haring UND das Museum 👍👍👍👍👍

(Translated by Google) A really great museum with wonderful architecture and a great exhibition with and about Keith Hering. (Original) Ein ganz tolles Museum mit einer ganz wunderbare Architektur und einer großartigen Ausstellung mit bzw über Keith Hering.

(Translated by Google) An impressive museum with a good selection of works of art in the permanent exhibition which is free to visit. The Corona hygiene measures were observed very well by the museum. By the way, you can charge an electric car in the underground car park for free. Only the parking fees apply. (Original) Ein beeindruckendes Museum mit einer guten Auswahl von Kunstwerken in der Dauerausstellung, deren Besuch kostenlos ist. Die Corona Hygienemaßnahmen wurden seitens des Museums sehr gut eingehalten. In der Tiefgarage kann man übrigens ein Elektroauto kostenlos laden. Nur die Parkgebühren fallen an.

(Translated by Google) Overcrowded in corona times. Distance is not taken into account. (Original) In Coronazeiten überlaufen. Auf Abstand wird nicht geachtet.

(Translated by Google) Very nice (Original) Sehr schön

(Translated by Google) Great Keith Haring exhibition. Be sure to take part in a guided tour. (Original) Tolle Keith Haring Ausstellung. Unbedingt an einer Führung teilnehmen.

(Translated by Google) Great collection and free entry (Original) Tolle Sammlung und freier Eintritt

(Translated by Google) Extremely nice staff! I left my brand new smartphone in the exhibition. Not only that it was collected by the folder in a matter of seconds. Another folder even recognized me and stopped me to tell me that my cell phone had been found before I even knew it! The Keith harring exhibition that we were there for was very lovingly set up and curated and would have been worth the rather cheap admission price. In any case, it is certain that it would have been a different experience in other museums. (Original) Extrem nettes Personal! Ich habe in der Ausstellung mein brandneues Smartphone liegen lassen. Nicht nur, dass das in Sekundenschnelle vom Ordner eingesammelt wurde. Ein anderer Ordner erkannte mich sogar wieder und hielt mich an, um mir zu sagen, dass man mein Handy gefunden habe, noch bevor ich das selber gemerkt hatte! Die Keith harring Ausstellung, zu der wir da waren, war sehr liebevoll aufgebaut und kuratiert und wäre auch so schon den ziemlich günstigen Eintrittspreis wert gewesen. Sicher ist jedenfalls, in anderen Museen wäre das eine andere Erfahrung gewesen.

(Translated by Google) A very nice museum, not only the architecture convinces with your modern new building, but also the tour that looks like a journey through time. The fact that the collection can also be admired for free makes the whole thing not only attractive but also an absolute must! (Original) Ein sehr schönes Museum, nicht nur die Architektur überzeugt mit Ihrem modernen Neubau, sondern auch der Rundgang der wie eine Reise durch die Zeit wirkt. Das die Sammlung auch noch für jeden kostenlos zu bestaunen ist macht die ganze Sache nicht nur Attraktiv sondern zu einem absoluten muss!

(Translated by Google) I only laid and paved turf here (Original) Habe hier nur Rollrasen verlegt und gepflastert

(Translated by Google) Sophisticated architecture sets the exhibits very nicely. Always nice to be here (Original) Anspruchsvolle Architektur setzt die Ausstellungsstücke sehr schön in Szene. Immer wieder schön hier zu sein

(Translated by Google) Very modern and well-maintained museum with an extraordinarily large number of servants who can be found on every corner (Original) Sehr modernes und noch gepflegtes Museum mit außerordentlich vielen Bediensteten, welche an jeder Ecke zu finden sind

(Translated by Google) Very interesting exhibitions (Original) Sehr interessante Ausstellungen

(Translated by Google) Super nice staff! Great exhibition! (Original) Super nettes Personal! Tolle Ausstellung!

(Translated by Google) What a great museum, it feels like you're in New York (Original) Was für ein tolles Museum, man fühlt sich wie in New York

One modern and beautiful museum of art ! Paintings of Monet , Van Gogh , Gauguen and many other important painters are in the permanent exhibition. The museum has wardrobe !

(Translated by Google) Very good permanent collection and frequent special exhibitions. Good hygiene concept in times of corona. (Original) Sehr gute ständige Sammlung und häufige Sonderausstellungen. Gutes Hygienekonzept in Corona Zeiten.

(Translated by Google) worth visiting again and again! (Original) Immer wieder besuchenswert!

(Translated by Google) Nice and great place but the paintings to me I didn't like it There are only panels only (Original) مكان جميل ورائع لكن اللوحات بالنسبة لي لم تعجبني لا يوجد الا اللوحات فقط

(Translated by Google) Nice museum with sophisticated exhibitions. We have already seen a Gerhard Richter and the current Keith Haring exhibition. It was really great again! (Original) Schönes Museum mit anspruchsvollen Ausstellungen. Wir haben bereits eine Gerhard Richter sowie die derzeitige Keith Haring Ausstellung angesehen. War wieder richtig toll!!

(Translated by Google) Great museum Very nice Keith Haring exhibition (Original) Tolles Museum Sehr schöne Keith Haring Ausstellung

(Translated by Google) We went to the Keith Haring show. A little too full for me in today's stressful situation! Therefore only 3 stars! (Original) Wir waren in der Keith Haring Ausstellung. Bei mir in der heutigen angestrengten Lage ein wenig zu voll! Deshalb nur 3 Sterne!!!

(Translated by Google) Good exhibition (Original) Gute Ausstellung

(Translated by Google) A very nice permanent exhibition, mostly with paintings and sculptures. On November 29th there is a really very good exhibition on Keith Haring. His works are in Pop Art and Graffiti style. You see many works of art that you can't find in many books and get to know the somewhat unknown sides of Haring. (Original) Eine sehr schöne standige Ausstellung, größtenteils mit Malereien und Skulpturen. Nis zum 29. November gibt es eine wirklich sehr gute Ausstellung über Keith Haring. Seine Werke sind im Pop Art und Graffiti Stil gehalten. Man sieht viele Kunstwerke die man in vielen Büchern nicht findet und lernt die etwas unbekannten Seiten von Haring kennen.

(Translated by Google) Big exhibition, nice person, and corona fair (Original) Grosse ausstellung, nettes perso, und corona gerecht

(Translated by Google) A wonderful museum with extraordinary pictures and a special exhibition that is well worth seeing. (Original) Ein wunderschönes Museum mit außerordentlichen Bildern und sehenswerten Sonderausstellung.

(Translated by Google) Always interesting exhibitions ... nice cafe for "debriefing". Well worth a visit. (Original) Immer interessante Ausstellungen...nettes Cafe zur " Nachbesprechung" . Ein Besuch wert.

A very good museum, i even can see some works of Picasso and Rodin. The entrance design is also very interesting. I spent the whole afternoon there. Recently there is an exhibition, a bit jam. But it will not influence my feeling.

Very good collection, entrance has recently been made free thanks to Krupp foundation. Keith Haring's art is displayed right now for a fee. Tickets can be booked online.

This is a really brilliant museum to visit! The staff are super friendly and helpful. I was able to take pictures the whole way around (without a flash) and I wasn’t made to feel unwelcome. The staff were really helpful when I asked questions. The exhibits were amazing, I spent hours there and had a fantastic day. The cafe was also good but didn’t provide any dairy free milk alternatives - this is my only criticism! A great place to visit and I could not recommend it enough.

(Translated by Google) Impressive. Modern art (Original) Beeindruckend. Moderne Kunst

The museum looks very modern just like the art pieces inside. There is a free area of museum that is accessible without ticket. It's very interesting and filled with knowledge.

Calm, spacious, clean and there's also a restaurant in there. One can make good foto shoot here

Beautiful musem which hosts a fantastic art collection.

Impressive collection of modern art. You can find pretty much every famous artist here: Matisse, Cézannes, Van Gogh, Kirschner and many others. Even more amazing the entrance is free. Only for special exhibit there is a fee. The museum cafe is excellent as well. Parking garage is just underground, easy and not expensive.

Just saw a brilliant photo exhibition from Tobias Zielony.

The museum is situated in an interesting and airy building. We visited 'Der montierte Mensch', an impressive and catching selection of modern art. The sideshow 'I was a robot', about science fiction and popular culture, did not surprise me much, but was well chosen and displayed.

Nice museum. Free for the normal exhibit. Some interesting works

Really great Museum and great experience.

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(Translated by Google) Finally experience fine art live again. I really liked the concept of arranging the works of art by subject and not by art direction. There are some surprises, some old artists seem extremely modern. A nice 2-3 hours with free entry to the permanent exhibition, making a donation easy. (Original) Endlich wieder bildende Kunst live erleben. Das Konzept der Zusammenstellung der Kunstwerke nach Themen und nicht nach Kunstrichtungen gefiel mir sehr. Es bietet sich manche Überraschung, mancher alter Künstler erscheint ungemein modern. Schöne 2-3 Stunden bei freiem Eintritt zur ständigen Ausstellung, da fällt eine Spende leicht.

(Translated by Google) Very nice museum. The mone paintings were nice too (Original) Sehr schönes Museum . Die Mone Gemälde waren auch schön

(Translated by Google) you don't have to say anything about it! (Original) muss man nichts dazu sagen!

(Translated by Google) I can only thank the foundation for the wonderful hours in this overwhelming museum! Especially because of the lockdown, I haven't been to the museum for a long time, and I was very happy that it worked again this time! The staff was, however, between ... well let's say 3 stars (not very friendly, tense atmosphere and not particularly helpful (informative) - to 5 stars, where everything was fine! (Original) Ich kann mich nur bei der Stiftung für die Schönen Stunden in diesem überwältigenden Museum bedanken! Ich war Vorallem wegen des Lockdown lange nicht mehr im Museum, und war sehr glücklich, das dies Mal wieder geklappt hat! Das Personal war allerdings zwischen ...naja sagen wir Mal 3 Sterne (nicht sehr freundlich, angespannte Stimmung und auch nicht besonders hilfsbereit (informativ) - bis allerdings auch 5 Sterne, wo alles gepasst hat!

Great museum of modern art! With world known masterpieces! Free entrance!

Thank you for opening up the art to all of us

Come to see the building. Pictures are not that interesting, very risk-free.

I had an Exkursion here on Tuesday. I was surprised when the ticket is free, cool! There's no need to fill out any form to take pictures. I got there late so it took me a while to find my classmates in this big big museum, I couldn't find them at first so I asked a security guard there, so she showed me the place where they might be, therefore I could find them eventually :D so niceeeee !!! There are so many rooms that I wanted to get lost here ^^

Impressive architecture with courtyards. But old building typology is not good for function as museum. Because of two courtyard, the circulations is too complicated.

Great set of art from the 19th and 20th century

Great place and it is for free

(Translated by Google) This is an excellent museum with a great art collection with an emphasis on impressionism - a must visit. Reserve about half of the day, because there is a lot to taste in there: Gaugin, Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Chagall, Matisse, Pissaro, Rodin - A FANTASTIC PLACE. (Original) To jest doskonałe muzeum ze wspaniałą kolekcją sztuki z naciskiem na impresjonizm - koniecznie trzeba je odwiedzić. Zarezerwuj sobie około połowy dnia, bo jest tam w czym smakować: Gaugin, Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Chagall, Matisse, Pissaro, Rodin - FANTASTYCZNE MIEJSCE.

It was a very worthwhile exhibition of major impressionists, Renoir, Monet, Gauguin, and numerous other period artists. Good downloadable audio tour available for free. The exhibition is based on the private collections of two late 19th century industrialists and art collectors, one German, one Japanese. Pre-booking tickets are required.

Well worth a visit to this incredible art collection. Well set out and displayed with viewers in mind. Excellent art and more than a sprinkling of stellar names....Essen is very lucky!!! And free entrance for us was the perfect icing on the cake. Do not miss this place!! 😊

Beautiful collection! And we were lucky there was a nice temporary expo about posters from 1900 till now

great place, full of master pieces.

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Emblematic collection in a gorgeous building. The folkwang collection tells the story of early 20th century art and it's problematic treatment during WW2. Plus holds contemporary exhibition of great renown. It's a busy place, schools, busses with visitors,... But they tend to stick to the big exhibits and not the rest of the collection. Also worth mentioning: well stocked and original museum shop!

Great permanent collection. Entry and cloakroom are free of charge. Staff extremely friendly and helpful. Had a wonderful Sunday morning here.

A must visit in Essen. I’m so grateful that they made this wonderful collection open to the public (not to mention free of charge). I learned a lot about the history of the museum throughout the 20th century - including the war years. A fantastic collection of oeuvres in a modern, clean, and sleek building. 10/10 would go again.

The regular exhibition is free and is alone worth visiting. The building itself is modern and has many sitting areas to chill or take a break. Most staff are friendly but some are a bit stern. I personally don’t care about how and when the buyers aquired which paintings. But that was the focus of the text in the current main exhibition of Renoir, Monet, Gauguin.

Really good experience. Free entry for the permanent exhibition. Can look really closely at some famous paintings. Would recommend a couple of hours to visit.

Easily my favourite visit in Essen. Small as art museums go, but the architecture suits the work well, it's light and airy and quiet. Collection is diverse and I liked that it wasn't split by art movement like in a lot of museums (it's curated by mood and theme). They had a super fascinating ranking of provenance in some of the collection which I would like to see picked up as a methodology in more museums, and the explanation gave a rare and valuable insight into the working of museums, which felt really special. Also, they had a Barnett Newman, which I did not know going in, and it's breathtaking. Rather excessive number of security guards here though (like 2-3 per room??!), and one of them kept pacing across the room and back again and snorting which was a little distracting in a quiet museum 😅 Staff on the front desk and Garderobe were very kind however and generally an enjoyable visit 😊

The museum has pictures of different ancient lithographs from Paris and some from certain parts of Africa. I enjoyed my visit, but note that this museum DOESN'T open on MONDAYS. And also it doesn't cost much to visit. You can buy your ticket on the day of the visit.