Hidden gems - Museums in Cologne, Germany not to miss (Updated February, 2024)

Hidden gems: Museums in Cologne

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Cologne. This list contains 20 places from Museum category.

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DOKK - Dokumentationsstätte Kalter Krieg

Museum

👍👍 The civil defense facility in Cologne-Kalk was intended to protect 2,366 Cologne residents for up to 14 days after a nuclear attack. Today it is a documentation site and can be visited. A guided tour is free. However, something should always be donated for the very detailed (voluntary) 90-minute gui...

5.00 (33 reviews)

Müllseum

Museum

👍👍 A real interesting museum. The staff is really kind and shows you around (if you want to). I definitely recommend, especially since this organisation does generally an excellent job

5.00 (20 reviews)

Medizinhistorisches Museum Köln

Museum

👍👍 A really nice little museum, informative, clear and entertaining.

4.90 (22 reviews)

Forum for Photography

Art gallery

😠 Unfortunately closed at the opening time stated on the homepage. And especially on a weekend when there are many foreign visitors in the city. Too bad, bad customer service.

4.80 (22 reviews)

DOMiD – Dokumentationszentrum und Museum über die Migration in Deutschland

Museum

👍👍 An important place where migration becomes visible.

4.80 (12 reviews)

Memefactory

Gift shop

👍👍 Huge selection and even very specific requests possible upon request. It's very nice that there are separate Dank, Spicy and Normie departments. In the normie department, however, a homeless bottle collector named "Scuper" often wanders the aisles, telling confusing stories in which he ends up ble...

4.80 (6 reviews)

Freunde des Wallraf-Richartz-Museums & des Museums Ludwig e.V.

Museum

👍👍 Beautiful gallery and well organized

4.70 (7 reviews)

SK Stiftung Kultur

Art gallery

👍👍 Very good exhibition seen by Lucinda Devlin.

4.60 (38 reviews)

GeoMuseum

Museum

👍👍 A cute and nice little collection.

4.60 (37 reviews)

Haus Saaleck

Museum

😠 Impossible employee who seems to be completely miscast for public relations and customer contact. I just wanted to find out more today, a greeting was not returned, instead we were cynically complimented out. I expect a different atmosphere, especially in the art sector.

4.60 (25 reviews)

Temporary Gallery

Museum

👍👍 It is unfortunate that there are few experimental, alternative art spaces in Köln(even this place have a history of fluxus movement long time ago). To me it was honour to visit and got lots of inspiration from this place. When I went back to my country after visiting Köln, I could not forget about t...

4.60 (17 reviews)

Obstmuseum

Museum

👍👍 Here is a fruit museum ie. The old varieties are preserved here and you can find out everything about the cultural history of the fruit here. A good place to start before strolling through the orchards would be to visit the website. ATTENTION we are still looking for volunteers.

4.60 (16 reviews)

Breslauer Sammlung

Museum

👍👍 A place where you can see both the river and the bridge and the architecture.

4.60 (11 reviews)

Museum Raffael Becker

Museum

👍 A very beautiful and lovingly furnished museum... very interestingly designed, using a QR code you can find out more about the respective pictures, spoken by the painter, in a funny and refreshing way.

4.60 (10 reviews)

CEDON Museum Shops GmbH Wallraf-Richartz-Museum

Museum

4.60 (8 reviews)

Kölner Festungsmuseum

Museum

This 19th-century Prussian fortress is a museum with exhibits on military history & guided tours.

4.50 (64 reviews)

Bunker Köln Nippes - Luftschutz- Leitstelle des Reichsbahn- Ausbesserungswerkes (RAW)

Historical place museum

👍👍 Here history comes alive and can be experienced. Well done, it's a real experience. Only possible thanks to the commitment of purely voluntary helpers. Respect, that must have been a huge amount of work! The feeling is also really good when you come out afterwards and are just happy that you are in...

4.50 (51 reviews)

Museum Zündorfer Wehrturm

Museum

👍👍 Changing exhibitions that cannot currently take place due to the pandemic. But they say they will make up for it.

4.50 (22 reviews)

Jugendladen Nippes & Nippes Museum

Museum

4.50 (8 reviews)

Landmann-31

Museum

👍👍 Small, somewhat hidden art gallery on Lenauplatz in Cologne, but with fascinating and varied exhibitions. A visit to the vernissages is worth it, great audience.

4.50 (8 reviews)

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Hidden gems: Museums in Cologne, Germany