Bonn Sights

Museum sights in Bonn

  1. A

    Arithmeum

    The Arithmeum explores the symbiosis of science, technology and art. On view are hundreds of mechanical calculators and historic mathematics books but also an out-there exhibit on the aesthetics of microchips. Design your own or study their beauty through a polarisation microscope. Work your way down from the top floor of this minimalist glass-and-steel cube.

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  2. B

    Rheinisches Landes Museum

    South of the Hauptbahnhof, the Rheinisches Landes Museum presents its rich collections in such themed exhibits as Epochs, Gods, and Power. Highlights include a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal skull and a rare blue Roman glass vessel from the 1st century AD. The museum restaurant, DelikArt (mains €11 to €17), enjoys a fine reputation.

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  3. Schumannhaus

    Fans of Robert Schumann (1810-56) might enjoy the small memorial exhibit in the Schumannhaus. It's in the former sanatorium he checked into following a suicide attempt in 1854. He and his wife Clara are buried in Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery) on Bornheimer Strasse in the Nordstadt, as is Beethoven's mother Maria Magdalena.

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  4. Deutsches Museum Bonn

    Did you know that the air bag, the computer tomograph and MP3 technology were invented in Germany? You will, after visiting the Deutsches Museum Bonn. This subsidiary of the Munich mother ship highlights German technology since WWII with plenty of buttons to push and knobs to pull.

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  5. C

    Akademisches Kunstmuseum

    At the far end of the expansive Hofgarten, the recently renovated Akademisches Kunstmuseum presents plaster casts of antique sculptures in a former anatomy institute designed by Prussian master builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

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  6. D

    Frauen Museum

    Nordstadt is also home of the Frauen museum, which supports and showcases the art of women through exhibits, lectures, readings and performances.

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  7. Museumsmeile

    Bonn's Museumsmeile, one of the country's finest museum clusters, sits opposite the government quarter, on the western side of the B9.

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