Museum sights in Düsseldorf
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Hetjens Museum
A short detour off the Rheinuferpromenade takes you to the Hetjens Museum, known for its survey of 8000 years of ceramic art from around the world. An extension houses the Filmmuseum, which trains the spotlight on the technology, history and mystery of movie-making. The integrated Black Box art-house cinema presents retrospectives, rare flicks and silent movies with live organ accompaniment (tickets €6.50/4.50).
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K20 Kunst- Sammlung Am Grabbeplatz
A collection that spans the arc of 20th- century artistic vision gives the K20 Kunst- sammlung am Grabbeplatz an enviable edge in the art world. Paul Klee is well represented but walls are also graced by plenty of other western European and American big-shots, including Picasso, Matisse, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Düsseldorf's own Joseph Beuys. The museum has recently had a major revamp.
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Museum Kunst Palast
The once stuffy museum kunst palast now takes an unconventional approach to presenting its well-respected collection. Old masters find themselves juxtaposed with contemporary young dogs and non-Western works to reveal unexpected connections between the ages and artistic trends. Temporary exhibitions further reinforce the theme.
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Heinrich Heine Institut
For a literary kick, swing by the Heinrich Heine Institut, where letters, portraits, first editions and manuscripts document this famed Düssel- dorfer's career. Heine's birth house at Bolker- strasse 53 now contains a literary bookshop and reading room.
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Goethe Museum
The eclectic Goethe Museum is inside a piglet-pink yet dignified rococo palace. There's the usual assortment of letters, manuscripts, paintings and memorabilia that illustrate the spirit of this complex genius and his time.
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Mahn- Und Gedenkstätte Für Die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus
The memorial Mahn- und Gedenkstätte für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus, has an important but academic exhibit on local persecution and resistance during the Third Reich. Leaflets in English may be borrowed at no charge.
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NRW-Forum Düsseldorf
For the most Zeitgeist-capturing exhibits, swing by the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. It targets the lifestyle-savvy crowd with changing exhibits on fashion, media, design and architecture.
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Schifffahrt Museum
The Schifffahrt Museum has nifty multimedia exhibits chronicling Rhine shipping from the Middle Ages until today. The 4th-floor cafe offers panoramic views.
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Theatermuseum
The Theatermuseum looks back on Düsseldorf's centuries-old theatre tradition and has a collection of marionettes and paper toy theatres. Enter from the park side.
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