The offerings available from the art education department are especially targeted to all visitors: families, children, adolescents, adults and people with disabilities. You are welcome to observe art, to consider and talk about art and even to work artistically yourself.

Visit the rooms of the art education department on the ground floor of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, take active part in weekend workshops, at guided tours for families, at KunstImPuls events or at our various holiday offerings.

Our program for schools and teachers is only available in German.

The Cologne-based scientist and artist Christian Faubel has developed the sound-installation Network effect especially for this venue. It consists of eight electromechanical sound generators that strike bells with mallets. Through their networking, the sound generators find an orderly interplay. The visitors can soften, interrupt, intensify and restore these connections. The resulting emergence and disappearance of rhythmic sound structures can only be perceived after a few beats. With a little patience, we learn to compose our own sound images. The perception of the acoustic changes finds expression in projections and drawing apparatuses that visualize the beat patterns. In the process, the visitors create drawings, which they can take home afterwards.

Christian Faubel was awarded a PhD from Ruhr University Bochum at the Institute for Neuroinformatics. After years of scientific work at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, he was appointed as professor for Smart Connected Products at the Cologne University of Technology in 2020. Fauble works as a scientist and artist at the interface of autonomous systems, neuroscience and design.

This event is made possible through the generous support of the Stadtwerke Krefeld (SWK) and the Sparkasse Krefeld.

58 (1 hour) / 70 (1.5 hours) Euros on weekdays 70 (1 hour) / 82 (1.5 hours) Euros on weekends and holidays

We also offer guided tours in English and French: 18 Euros foreign language surcharge

Please note that guided tours must be booked at least a week in advance.

School classes can already be admitted to the museum at 9 a.m. from Tuesday to Friday when events with guided tours are book at least a week in advance!