Experience 500 years of everyday history of the Rhinelanders: In 75 historic buildings, including farms, workshops, windmills and watermills, visitors can experience at first hand how people once lived and worked in the Rhineland.

From Neanderthals to the present day. An eventful journey through time from the Stone Age to the present day awaits visitors to the LVR-LandesMuseum. Founded in 1820, the museum presents its collection with impressive cultural highlights of the Rhineland and its inhabitants: Neanderthals, Celts, Romans, Franks... There are outstanding finds, treasures and works of art from 400,000 years on display here. A wide range of workshops and events invite children, young people and adults to embark on ever new journeys of discovery from the Stone Age to the present day, making the museum a place of research, experience and learning.

The Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR is the only museum in the world dedicated to the work and life of the artist Max Ernst (1891-1976). Changing special exhibitions show exhibits of modern and contemporary art.