Museums
Art
- Museum Ludwig – Modern art; e.g. pop art and Russian avant-garde (K)
- Wallraf-Richartz Museum – Paintings from medieval period to early twentieth century (K)
- Schnütgen Museum – Christian religious art mainly from medieval period (K)
- Museum für Angewandte Kunst – Museum of Applied Art (K)
- Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst – Museum of East Asian Art (K)
- artothek – (K)
- Kolumba – Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne [1] (P)
- Domschatzkammer – Treasure of the Cologne Cathedral (P)
- Kölnischer Kunstverein [2] – (P)
- Käthe Kollwitz Museum [3] – (P)
- Skulpturen Park Köln – (P)
- August Sander Archive – (P)
History and culture
- EL-DE Haus – Nazism Documentation Centre located in the former headquarters of the Gestapo (K)
- Romano-Germanic Museum – Roman artifacts mainly from the Roman settlement Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (K)
- Kölnisches Stadtmuseum – History of the City of Cologne (K)
- Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum – Ethnology (K)
- Rheinisches Bildarchiv – Rhenish Photographic Archive (K)
- Fragrance museum – Farina House, History of Eau de Cologne and modern perfumery (P)
- Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum – Imhoff Chocolate Museum (P)
- German Sport & Olympia Museum [4] – (P)
- Cologne Carnival Museum [5] – (P)
- Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln – German Dance Archive Cologne (P)