Museum – how does that work?

Museums collect objects from the past or present so that they can be preserved for the future. Perhaps you or your friends also collect things: Pokémon, model cars, Playmobil, or issues of a certain magazine.

And museums arrange their objects just like you do, look after them, and seek to learn more about them. We worked with a publisher in Cologne to explain what else museums do, how they put exhibits together, and what kind of jobs museums offer.

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A wall with a 2000-year history

Roman Cologne was surrounded by a massive city wall, more than six metres tall and four kilometres long, with 19 towers and 9 gates.

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Questions for the art

August Macke, Dame in grüner Jacke, 1913

For adults / Museum Ludwig

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Look, scribble, do it yourself

"Look, scribble, do it yourself": children can discover the Museum Ludwig together with adults. The booklet is available in German, English and Ukrainian.

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