One of Germany’s major art institutions, Museum Kunstpalast, reopened its doors earlier this year to its permanent collection. The museum is known as an extraordinary showcase of many art periods, as well as a home to masterpieces of the city’s art academy and artistic photography from the region.  More than 10,000 visitors took in the new exhibit in its first week, and many also visited other major venues of the city’s vibrant art scene.  Current exhibits at Düsseldorf’s world-class museums include:  Photography by Thomas Struth at K20, the state’s art collection and also newly reopened museum; exhibits at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf; KIT - Kunst im Tunnel (art tunnel); and the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.  Admission to all of these venues is included with all visitor packages offered. In addition, a new free city guide “Art in Düsseldorf” is now available to all visitors.

The collection at the Museum Kunstpalast spans a wide range of art history, including16th and 18th century Dutch painting, European painting from Romantic to Impressionist, German Expressionism, and post-1945 works by the ZERO-Group.  The newly renovated exhibit spaces include The Rubens Gallery, featuring several pieces by the famous painter, and dedicated artist spaces, decorated by the artists themselves, such as Nam June Paik and Joseph Beuys.

The city’s tourism office, Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus GmbH (DMT), offers special hotel packages for art enthusiasts.  Packages include a hotel night, breakfast, and free admission to many of the city’s art intuitions, free public transportation, and a city information package. Prices start at 75 Euros per person for a central 4-star hotel.  

For more information on the exhibit at Museum Kunstpalast, please visit http://www.smkp.de.

For more information on Düsseldorf’s art scene and to download the new brochure “Art in Düsseldorf,” please visit www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/broschueren.

For more information on the special hotel packages and to book, please call +49 211 17 202-854 or visit: http://www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/en/art-in-duesseldorf-2011/

### 

Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourism GmbH is the visitors and convention bureau of the city of Düsseldorf. Its responsibilities include tourism and city marketing, as well as conference and meeting marketing, hotel reservation services, fairs and convention services, city event ticket sales and advance ticket reservations. For more information, visit www.visitduesseldorf.de.

Düsseldorf International Airport, Germany’s third largest, offers several non-stop flights from US & Canadian cities (Atlanta, Chicago, Ft. Myers, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, Toronto, San Francisco, Vancouver), as well as convenient connections to many European cities.   For more information about the airport, visit www.fly2dus.com.

New free city guide "Art in Düsseldorf 2011"