Through the centuries

Discover objects from our collection from the age of Charlemagne to the period of the Enlightenment (c. 800 to 18th century).

Charlemagne and his era

The age of the Romanesque churches in Cologne

Cologne Cathedral and the age of the Gothic cathedrals

Art for citizenry and church around 1400

Art around 1500

Echoes of the Middle Ages leading up to the time of the Enlightenment