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The museum was founded by the Society for Christian Art in 1853, and taken over by the Archdiocese of Cologne in 1989. [2] Until 2007 it was located near Cologne Cathedral. Its new home, built from 2003 to 2007, was designed by Peter Zumthor and inaugurated by Joachim Meisner.
St. Kolumba was one of the largest parish churches in medieval Cologne, dating back to 980, and dedicated to Columba of Sens. The original Romanesque church was replaced by a Gothic church. Artworks in it included the Saint Columba Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, and an altar by an anonymous artist .
Fragrance museum – Farina House, History of Eau de Cologne and modern perfumery (P) Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum – Imhoff Chocolate Museum (P) German Sport & Olympia Museum [Wikidata] [4] – (P) Cologne Carnival Museum [5] – (P) Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln – German Dance Archive Cologne (P)
Kolumba Museum. The Kolumba brick was developed in collaboration with Swiss architect Peter Zumthor for the Kolumba Museum in Cologne in 2000. [2] The long, slender brick is produced in 30 colours and has been sold to more than 30 countries [3] and accounted for 15 % of the total [2] It has also been used in the construction of the Royal Danish Playhouse in Copenhagen.
Kolumba Museum, Cologne Zumthor founded his own firm in 1979. His practice grew quickly and he accepted more international projects. Zumthor has taught at University of Southern California Institute of Architecture and SCI-ARC in Los Angeles (1988), the Technical University of Munich (1989), Tulane University (1992), and the Harvard Graduate School of Design (1999).
Cologne Cathedral: 7,914 [citation needed] 407,000 [40] 1248–1880 Cologne Germany: Catholic St Paul's Cathedral: 7,875 [41] 1677–1708 London United Kingdom: Anglican (Church of England) Washington National Cathedral: 7,712 [42] 1907–1990 Washington, DC United States: Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.) Amiens Cathedral: 7,700 [43 ...
National Pinball Museum [17] Newseum, founded 1997 in Rosslyn, Virginia, moved to Washington in 2008, closed December 2019 and is currently seeking new location. [18] Washington Doll's House and Toy Museum, founded in 1975, closed 2004. [19] [20] Washington Gallery of Modern Art; USS Barry (DD-933), opened as a museum ship in 1984, closed in ...
The American University Museum is a three-story, 30,000-square-foot (3,000 m 2) museum and sculpture garden located within the university's Katzen Arts Center.As the region's largest university facility for exhibiting art, the museum's permanent collection highlights the holdings of the Katzen and Watkins collection.