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The Film Museum Düsseldorf occupies a converted Carlstadt building at Schulstraße 4, a short walk south of the Old Town. It holds the state film collection for North Rhine-Westphalia, a permanent exhibition covering 2,200 square metres, an archive and a house cinema with a 1929 Welte organ. This guide explains what is inside, when the museum is open, and how the library and screenings work.
The Hetjens – Deutsches Keramikmuseum holds ceramics from around the world, with exhibits up to 8,000 years old, and its collection has been publicly accessible in Düsseldorf since 1909. It sits at Schulstraße 4 in the city centre, which makes it an easy stop within a walking day rather than a separate excursion.
K20 on Grabbeplatz is the older of the two Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen venues in Düsseldorf and the one built around the collection presentation known as K20 Sammlung. This guide covers what is on view, how the K+ digital guide shapes a visit, why 2026 exhibition dates matter, and how K20 differs from K21. It also explains where to confirm admission, opening status and any building-level notices before you travel.
The Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf's Ehrenhof complex houses over 100,000 objects, from medieval painting to contemporary glass. This guide explains what to see, how tickets work, and how to plan your time, drawing on the museum's official listings.
The Kunstpalast publishes standard opening hours of Tuesday to Sunday 11:00 to 18:00, with Thursday extended to 21:00 and Monday closed, and lists its admission categories on its own ticket pages. This guide covers what the museum states about its programme, how to check ticket scope, and how to plan around named exhibitions.
The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf is an exhibition centre for photography, pop and digital culture in the Ehrenhof, and the operator lists ASIA POP as running from 17 September 2026 to 23 May 2027. This guide covers the published weekday hours, the ticket tiers including free entry for under-18s, separate dining hours at PONG, and the operator's general accessibility statement.
Kunstpalast and K20 are separate Düsseldorf institutions with different collections, addresses and exhibition calendars. Kunstpalast is the encyclopedic house with old masters, glass and design alongside a dense temporary programme; K20 is the classical modernism venue of Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, whose K21 building holds contemporary art across the city. This comparison splits the decision by collection, location and dated exhibitions.
