Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History, Art museum in Münster, Germany
The Westphalian State Museum extends over multiple floors, displaying regional art collections, sculptures, and cultural artifacts from medieval times to contemporary works.
Founded in 1905 and officially opened in 1908, the museum underwent substantial architectural transformations by Hermann Schaedtler and later Volker Staab in 2014.
The museum holds more than 300,000 exhibits, including Romanesque sculptures, Gothic paintings, and Renaissance artworks from the Westphalia region and neighboring territories.
Located at Domplatz, the museum welcomes visitors Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM with complete wheelchair accessibility throughout the building.
The museum houses a collection of 130,000 coins spanning from ancient to modern periods, alongside a library containing books dating back to 900 CE.
Location: Münster
Inception: 1905
Architects: Hermann Schaedtler, Volker Staab
Official opening: 1908
Accessibility: Acessível para cadeira de rodas
Operator: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
Address: Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster 48143 48143
Opening Hours: Terça-feira-Domingo 10:00-18:00
Phone: +49251590701
Email: museumkunstkultur@lwl.org
Website: https://lwl-museum-kunst-kultur.de/de
GPS coordinates: 51.96087,7.62338
Latest update: May 16, 2025 05:05
Dortmund combines industrial heritage with contemporary cultural offerings across its different districts. The city features a variety of sites, from Signal Iduna Park, Germany's largest football stadium with 81,365 seats where Borussia Dortmund has played since 1974, to the German Football Museum, which traces the history of the sport on 7,000 square meters of interactive exhibits. Green spaces are significant, including Westfalenpark, a 70-hectare park home to the 209-meter-high Florianturm and extensive rose gardens, and Dortmund Zoo, where 1,500 animals from 230 species, mainly from South America, reside across 28 hectares. Cultural institutions reflect Dortmund's mining past and its artistic scene. Zeche Zollern, a former coal mine from 1898, displays its original machinery hall and documents the industrial era of the Ruhr. The Museum of Art and Cultural History hosts collections from the Middle Ages to today within its 1924 Art Deco building. The Dortmund Concert Hall hosts classical and jazz concerts in its 1,550-seat auditorium. Lake Phoenix exemplifies urban redevelopment: this former steelworks site transformed in 2010 offers 3.2 kilometers of pathways along the water. Mengede Castle, a 13th-century fortress surrounded by moats, illustrates medieval architecture in Westphalia.
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