The LWL Museum of Art and Culture (officially "LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur") at the Domplatz (Cathedral Square) is one of the major art museums in North Rhine-Westphalia.

It is operated by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL). Its collections show works from 1000 years of cultural history from the Middle Ages to the present, such as paintings, sculptures, glass paintings, copper engravings, books and much more. The focus is on Westphalian art, but there are also exhibitions with international participation, for example the Sculpture Projects, which have been held every ten years since 1977, most recently in 2017. You can get to know all these works better with the help of a multimedia guide and other information services.

In addition to your own tour, you can also explore the museum on guided tours. Offered are public, private and also inclusive tours for people with disabilities, illnesses or learning difficulties. In workshops, artists will show you, for example, how letterpress and gravure printing work. Workshops are also offered for your children. They can also celebrate their birthday on various themes such as the Middle Ages and knights or a ghost tour. For daycare groups and school classes, there are tours and workshops on the collections.

The museum was founded over 100 years ago as a state museum for the then province of Westphalia by civic associations that have been involved with Westphalian art and cultural history to this day. The museum began with their collections. During the Nazi period, works were confiscated here as "degenerate art", although according to information less than in comparison with other museums. Several endangered collectibles were saved because board members hid them in their homes. In addition, forbidden works continued to be purchased despite Nazi laws. During the war, the museum building was severely damaged and had to be rebuilt. Today it consists of two parts: the old building from 1908 (picture below) and a new building (picture above), which was opened in 2014.

You can find more information about the museum, its program, event offer and much more on the museum's website (website available in English).

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More about the Skulptur Projekte you can learn on this page at Münster Sights.

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More information :

• Wikipedia article Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (article only available in German)

• Wikipedia article Degenerate Art (English article)