Schnütgen Museum
The Schnütgen Museum in Cologne is devoted to Christian religious art, mainly medieval, but some parts of the collection, such as its textiles and prints, extend from antiquity to the modern period.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum of medieval Christian religious art in Cologne, Germany
- Also known as: “Museum Schnütgen”
- Address: Cäcilienstraße 29-33, Köln, 50667
- Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Cecilia’s Church and Cologne Cathedral.
St. Cecilia’s Church
Church
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St. Cecilia's Church is one of the twelve Romanesque churches in Cologne's old city, maintained by the Foundation of Romanesque Churches in Cologne. The present building, little changed since its inception, dates from 1130-60.
Cologne Cathedral
Church
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Cologne Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Cologne Cathedral is situated 1 km northeast of Schnütgen Museum.
Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
Museum
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The Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum is a museum of ethnography in Cologne, Germany. It was reopened in 2010. The museum arose from a collection of over 3500 items belonging to ethnographer Wilhelm Joest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belgian Quarter and Klingelpütz.
Belgian Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Belgian Quarter is an inner city district of Cologne, Germany. The name is derived from street names in the vicinity, referring to Belgian provinces or cities.
Deutz
Suburb
Photo: Tohma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cologne borough of Deutz is a part of central Cologne, Germany, and was once an independent town known as Deutz am Rhein.
Schnütgen Museum
- Categories: art museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cologne, Cologne District, Cologne Lowland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.93479° or 50° 56′ 5″ northLongitude
6.9515° or 6° 57′ 5″ eastOpen location code
9F28WXM2+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 386349068OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q950
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tamil—“Schnütgen Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Musèu Schnütgen”
- Danish: “Museum Schnütgen”
- Dutch: “Museum Schnutgen”
- Dutch: “Museum Schnütgen”
- Dutch: “Schnütgen Museum”
- French: “musée Schnütgen”
- French: “Musée Schnütgen”
- German: “Museum Schnütgen”
- German: “Schnütgen-Museum”
- Hungarian: “Schnütgen Múzeum”
- Italian: “Museum Schnütgen”
- Japanese: “シュニュットゲン美術館”
- Nepali: “स्नुटजेन संग्रहालय”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schnütgen Museum”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Musèu Schnütgen”
- Polish: “Museum Schnütgen”
- Russian: “Schnütgen”
- Russian: “Шнютген”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Muzej Schnütgen”
- Spanish: “Museo Schnütgen”
- Tamil: “சுனுட்ஜென் அருங்காட்சியகம்”
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Highlights include St. Peter’s Church, Cologne and Kulturquartier.
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