museums

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   Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

   The foundation for the Kunstmuseen Krefeld was laid with the opening of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (KWM) in 1897.

   • Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

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   Haus Lange Haus Esters

   The two villas Haus Lange and Haus Esters were built in 1927/28 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Haus Lange has been part of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld since 1955 and Haus Esters since 1981. Since then they have been a venue for the presentation of contemporary art and design.

   • Haus Lange Haus Esters

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   Collection

   From Art Nouveau to ZERO, from Claude Monet to Gerhard Richter - the collection of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld today comprises around 24,000 works of fine and applied art from the late Middle Ages to the present.

   • Collection

focus

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   Nov, 11: KunstImPuls x EÄTE. DRENKE. DANZE.

   Experience the museum live with SWK AG and Sparkasse Krefeld

   Under the motto Experience the museum live, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld offer a varied program with music, guided tours, performances, workshops and much more every 1st Thursday of the month. And admission is free!

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   K+ Café: Opens at 5 p.m. on thursday, on November 5

   Dear guests of the K+ Café by Flavia, Please note that due to the KunstImPuls, the café will open at 5 p.m. on November 5.

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   Spotlight on

   Charlotte Perriand (1903, Paris, FR – 1999, Paris, FR) Tabouret Berger, 1953/2011

   With the Tabouret Berger, French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand transformed a traditional Alpine utilitarian object into the design language of postwar modernism. Her version of a shepherd’s stool was created after one of her many hikes through the French Alps. Inspired by a simple milking stool, she developed a design whose minimalist construction exemplifies the fusion of rural craftsmanship and industrial modernism.

   This focus highlights one work each month that is new to the collection and not currently on display.

   • Collection

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   New in Collection in Motion: Adolf Luther

   Experiments Between Movement, Light, and Matter is showing Adolf Luther's early work with color, movement, surface, and natural light. They serve as the starting point for his later aesthetic of light, which finds its continuation in his well-known concave mirror objects.

   • Collection

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   Collection in Motion

   As part of Collection in Motion at the KWM, the Krefeld Art Museums are presenting three new cabinet exhibitions that explore central questions in art. While the exhibition The Memory of Art is dedicated to the themes of memory and the artwork as a monument, Through Time and Space examines these two dimensions and their artistic forms of representation. A third exhibition focuses on the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker and her journey toward abstraction. It’s well worth a visit!

   • Collection in Motion. Adolf Luther, Helmut Dorner and much more!

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   The catalog to the exhibition "Charlotte Perriand. The Art of Dwelling"

   The catalog for our exhibition “Charlotte Perriand. L'Art d'habiter / The Art of Living,” which has just come to an end, is now available! It is now on sale in stores and at our museum shop (Museum edition: 36 Euro).

   Order online here

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   "Art Foundation at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld" has just been established

   The “Art Foundation at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld” was recently established. The foundation’s purpose is to independently support art, culture, and research at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld. Another key focus is the expansion of the collection. The foundation was initiated by Katia Baudin, director of the Kunstmuseen; the city of Krefeld and Mayor Frank Meyer welcome this development.

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   Exclusive Edition by Thomas Ruff

   To mark this anniversary, we are presenting a special collector's item by artist Thomas Ruff:

   Edition: Thomas Ruff, Ohne Titel / Untitled, 2025 Silkscreen on paper, 40 × 50 cm This edition is released exclusively for the Kunstmuseen Krefeld to mark 70 years of Museum Haus Lange and is limited to 40 copies + 5 Artist Proofs. The price is €1,900 (unframed).

   A special work of art and gift, now available at our museum shop!

   • Untitled, 2025

1. become a friend

   Experiencing and promoting art. This has been the aim of the Friends of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld since 1983.
   The Friends support the museums with new acquisitions and numerous projects. Get involved!

   • Become a member