Air conditioning In all the museum rooms (and storerooms), apart from the foyer, the temperature and humidity can be finely adj...

Nomination for Cultural Event of the Year (2023) For the third time, Kolumba and nine other nominees have been nominated and put...

Alphabetical List of Artists (• group of works), Craftsmen (unique examples) and dominant Designers of the Schriefers Collectio...

Management Team/ Curators: Dr. Stefan Kraus (sk@kolumba.de) Dr. Marc Steinmann (ms@kolumba.de) Barbara von Flüe (bf@kolumba.de) ...

Kolumba is a triad of place, architecture and collection. We make no distinction between permanent collection and temporary exhibi...

The »living museum« makes no distinction between permanent collection and temporary exhibition. Instead, it utilizes the flowing q...

The collection extends from late antiquity to the present, from Romanesque sculpture to room installation, from medieval panel pai...

Name: Kolumba | Type of museum: Art museum | Year established: 1853 as the Archiopiscopal Museum of the Diocese Cologne | 2004 Re...

Ludwig Schöller (1928 – 2025) Ludwig Schöller, born in 1928, passed away on March 21, 2025 at the ripe old age of 97. He was a s...

1853 Founded by the Christlicher Kunstverein [Christian Art Club] (Baudri brothers) as the »Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum« [Arc...

1990 – 2008 New Concept, Building up the Collection, New Museum Building Joachim M. Plotzek and Team In 1990, Joachim M. ...

1972 – 1990 The museum in the Curia building (Roncalliplatz) Walter Schulten, Rolf Lauer and Joachim M. Plotzek With the ...

1954 – 1971 New location at Roncalliplatz Joseph Hoster After various plans for a new museum building for the museum had ...

1940 – 1953 Consequences of the war and a new beginning Wilhelm Neuß and Joseph Hoster Fearing the effects of war Wilhelm...

1923 – 1939 Rebuilding and reorganisation of the museum Wilhelm Neuß and Jakob Eschweiler As the president of the Society...

1906 – 1922 Decree concerning Gothic style Institute for Religious Art In 1906, Alexander Schnütgen stepped down from his...

1852 – 1905 Foundation and location of the museum Johann Baudri and Alexander Schnütgen On 14 February 1853 the “Christli...

Joachim M. Plotzek (born in 1943) Art Historian Museum director 1990 – 2008 Born in 1943 in Dattenfeld on the Sieg River. From 1...

Walter Schulten (1920 – 1993) Art Historian and Priest Museum director 1969 – 1989 Walter Schulten was born in Stadtlohn ...

Joseph Hoster (1910 – 1969) Art Historian and Priest Museum director 1947 – 1969 Joseph Hoster was born on 27 July 1910 i...

Wilhelm Neuß (1880 – 1965) Art Historian and Priest Museum director 1938 – 1947 Wilhelm Neuß was born in Montabaur on 24 ...

Jakob Hubert Eschweiler (1894 – 1965) Art Historian and Priest Museum director 1924 – 1938 Jakob Hubert Eschweiler was bo...

Arnold Steffens (1851 – 1923) Chairman of the Society for Christian Art Museum director 1905 – 1923 Arnold Steffens was b...

Hermann Joseph Schmitz (1841 – 1899) Chairman of the Society for Christian Art Museum director 1896 – 1900 Hermann Joseph...

Alexander Schnütgen (1843 – 1918) Chairman of the museums board Museum director 1891 – 1896/ 1900 – 1905 Alexander Schnüt...

Franz Bock 1823 – 1899 Curator of the Diözesanmuseum Franz Bock was born in Burscheid on 3 May 1823. He was ordained as p...

Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri (1804 – 1893) President of the Society for Christian Art Museum director 1855 – 1891 Johann...

Peter Ludwig Friedrich Baudri 1808 – 1874 Painter and member of the musuem's board Peter Baudri was born in Elberfel...

Lecture at the start of the 28th Pedagogical Week, Archbishopric of Cologne, 25 October 2010, and as an abridged version at the ...

Laudatory speech on the occasion of the award of the 2009 Museum Prize by the Kulturstiftung hbs to the team of curators at Kolum...

Lecture at the Academy of the Ash Wednesday for Artists at the invitation of the Cologne Artists’ Union, Maternushaus, Cologne, ...

It might be one of the possible goals of a »Visitor-Oriented Museum« to suggest the vision of complete care for the museum visito...

For some, it is the most arrogant museum they know; for others – and that is not restricted to us, the employees – it is the most...

Only two years after its foundation in 1853 by the Christlicher Kunstverein für das Erzbisthum Köln (Christian Art Association fo...

Preliminary review of contemplating the possibilities and the necessities of museum architecture in anticipation of Kolumba, th...

Lecture delivered at the Kölner Rubensgesellschaft, 5 March, and at the Kirchbautagung in Freising, 14 April 1994 The following...