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There are 9 city-owned museums and innumerable museums run by churches or private companies, but the outstanding examples among these are the Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Paintings from the Middle Ages up to 1900) and the Ludwig Museum (Modern Art), which, together with the Philarmonic Concert Hall, are housed in a modern building between the Cathedral and the Rhine. The Hall of Art and 120 galleries complete the extensive range of facilities offered to the connoisseur of painting and sculpture.

The Wallraf-Richartz Museum was named after Ferdinand Franz Wallraf who gave his art collection to the city in 1824, and Johann Heinrich Richartz, who funded the first building in 1977. The works of 20th century art were combined with the private collection of the Ludwig family, and exhibited in the Museum Ludwig, initially located on the upper floors of the Museum. In 1986, the Museum Ludwig moved to its own premises, whereas the Wallraf-Richartz museum itself moved to a brand new building in 2001.

The " Römisch-Germanisches Museum" (Roman-Germanic Museum) lies next to the Cathedral and offers a vast collection of exhibits from Roman culture on the Rhine. It displays the history of the city from the Paleolithicum until the era of Charlemagne. Special attention is given to the Roman period. The museum is constructed around and above the famous Dionysos mosaic, from the 2nd century AD, with a surface of 70m².

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