Museum Folkwang

Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in , Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in , founded in 1902.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM, Thursday, and Friday 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Email: info@museum-folkwang.essen.de
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Essen, Germany
  • Address: Museumsplatz 1, Essen, 45128
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Filmstudio Glückauf and Soul of Africa Museum.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater, which is situated 180 metres northeast of Museum Folkwang.

Museum
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is situated 220 metres southeast of Museum Folkwang.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 240 metres north of Museum Folkwang.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Margarethenhöhe and Bochold.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
is a northwestern borough of the city of , . It was incorporated into the city in 1915. Before it had been part of the Bürgermeisterei Borbeck. is situated 4½ km northwest of Museum Folkwang.

Suburb
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is the central borough of Borbeck, the fourth suburban district of , . Together with the other boroughs of the district, it was incorporated on April 1, 1915. is situated 5 km northwest of Museum Folkwang.

Museum Folkwang

Latitude
51.44253° or 51° 26′ 33″ north
Longitude
7.00474° or 7° 0′ 17″ east
Open location code
9F39C2V3+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 271928486
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q125634
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Museum Folkwang” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆոլկվանգ թանգարան”
  • Basque: “Folkwang Museoa”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй Фолькванг”
  • Catalan: “Museu Folkwang”
  • Chinese: “弗柯望博物館”
  • Chinese: “福克旺博物館”
  • Chinese: “馥宏博物館”
  • Czech: “Muzeum Folkwang”
  • Danish: “Museum Folkwang”
  • Dutch: “Folkwang Museum”
  • Dutch: “Museum Folkwang”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف فولكوانج”
  • Esperanto: “Folkwang-Muzeo”
  • French: “musée Folkwang”
  • French: “Musée Folkwang”
  • Georgian: “ფოლკვანგის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Museum Folkwang”
  • Italian: “Museum Folkwang”
  • Japanese: “フォルクヴァンク美術館”
  • Korean: “폴크방 미술관”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Museum Folkwang”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Museum Folkwang”
  • Persian: “موزه فولک‌وانگ”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Folkwang”
  • Portuguese: “Museum Folkwang”
  • Russian: “Музей Фолькванг”
  • Spanish: “Museo Folkwang”
  • Swedish: “Museum Folkwang”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Фолькванг”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Museumsplatz and Glückauf-Park.

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