Gemälde von Carl Ferdinand Sohn, „Die beiden Leonoren“ (Öl auf Leinwand), 1836. Es handelt sich um die beiden weiblichen Hauptfiguren aus dem Schauspiel von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Torquato Tasso.

Stammbaum im Dauerausstellungs-Teil „Neandertaler & Co“. Zusammen mit einer animierten Kartenprojektion wird der Weg der Menschheit von ihrer Wiege in Afrika bis hin zur heutigen Verbreitung erläutert.

Elger Esser, Montlouis I.

Der Goldschatz aus Niederzier: ein Armreif, zwei Halsreifen und 46 Goldmünzen.

Der Grabstein des Marcus Caelius, nach 9 n. Chr., gehört zu den Highlights des LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn. Er ist bis heute der einzige inschriftliche Beleg für die Varus-Schlacht.

Goldbecher aus Fritzdorf, 1800-1600 v. Chr.

Fränkische Fibel mit Gemme in der Mitte (Trachtbestandteil)

Der Heiligenraum in der Dauerausstellung

Blick in die Dauerausstellung

Johann Baptist Bachta, Drachenfels, Nonnenwerth und Rolandseck

Karl Hugo Schmölz, Tankstelle, Köln-Ehrenfeld, 1952.

Collection

Neanderthal Man, the Celtic grave of a princess from Waldalsgesheim, the Caelius Stone as the only written document for the defeat of the Romans in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, the Gustorf choir screen, a major work of early Romanesque art in Germany and many more objects attest to the European rank of the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn's collection.

For a time period that started around 400,00 years ago, when the first people began to make the Rhineland their home, and extends up to today's contemporary art, the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn provides comprehensive and fascinating insights into the Rhineland's cultural history.

Thematic Tours

With seven tours in all, you may discover the diversity of around 400,000 years of cultural history in the Rhineland. You will learn about the great cultural epochs in time as well as about the issues and themes that have occupied people or determined their lives for thousands of years already.

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Coin Cabinet Collection

The LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn houses more than 100,000 coins, scales, coinage dies and medals.

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Photography

The LVR-LandesMuseum has one of the best collections of photographs in Germany.

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Department of Prints and Drawings

More than 5,000 prints and drawings in the museum collection and over 2,000 permanent loans from the Mülstroh Collection provide a comprehensive survey of the most important trends and positions in art from Classical Modernism up to today.

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