List of museums in Cologne

This is a list of museums in Cologne, Germany:
 * Museums of the City of Cologne – (K)
 * The private museums – (P)
 * Museum of the university – (U)

Art

 * Museum Ludwig – Modern art; e.g. pop art and Russian avant-garde (K)
 * Wallraf-Richartz Museum – Paintings from medieval period to early twentieth century (K)
 * Schnütgen Museum – Christian religious art mainly from medieval period (K)
 * Museum für Angewandte Kunst – Museum of Applied Art (K)
 * Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst – Museum of East Asian Art (K)
 * artothek – (K)
 * Kolumba – Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne (P)
 * Domschatzkammer – Treasure of the Cologne Cathedral (P)
 * Kölnischer Kunstverein – (P)
 * Käthe Kollwitz Museum – (P)
 * Skulpturen Park Köln – (P)
 * August Sander Archive – (P)

History and culture

 * EL-DE Haus – Nazism Documentation Centre located in the former headquarters of the Gestapo (K)
 * Romano-Germanic Museum – Roman artifacts mainly from the Roman settlement Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (K)
 * Kölnisches Stadtmuseum – History of the City of Cologne (K)
 * Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum – Ethnology (K)
 * – Rhenish Photographic Archive (K)
 * Fragrance museum – Farina House, History of Eau de Cologne and modern perfumery (P)
 * Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum – Imhoff Chocolate Museum (P)
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 * Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln – German Dance Archive Cologne (P)

Science and nature

 * – Science center – (P)
 * Geomuseum – Museum of Geology, palaeontology and mineralogy – (U)