Art museum
Museum Folkwang
106 locals recommend,
Location
1 Museumsplatz
Essen, NRW
Tips from locals
An awesome museum of art. One of the most renowned German art museums with an outstanding collection of 19th century painting and sculpture, classical modern art and art after 1945, as well as photography.
The Museum Folkwang is an art museum in Essen. It was opened in 1902 in Hagen by Karl Ernst Osthaus under the name Folkwang. The Museum had for a long time a pioneering role in the field of modern art. After the death of Osthaus in 1921, his collection was sold to Essen. Since then, the museum has continued there. The collection contains works of impressionism, expressionism, surrealism and other styles of modern art. In addition, the Museum Folkwang has objects of the arts and crafts, a graphic and a photographic collection.
The Museum Folkwang is an art museum in Essen. It was opened in 1902 in Hagen by Karl Ernst Osthaus under the name Folkwang. The Museum had for a long time a pioneering role in the field of modern art. After the death of Osthaus in 1921, his collection was sold to Essen. Since then, the museum has c…