Information
Service for visitors
Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday 11am – 5pm
Every first Thursday in the month 11am – 10pm (exept bank holidays)
Closed Mondays
The museum is closed on Carnival. The museum is closed on 24th, 25th and 31st December and on 1st January.
The museum will be closed on October 5 due to the Cologne Marathon.
Our Museum can be visited on Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, Whit Monday, October 3rd (Anniversary of German Reunification), All Saints Day, Boxing Day.
Admission prices
€ 9.50 / reduced € 5.50
KölnTag on the first Thursday of the month (except public holidays): free admission to the Permanent Collection for all Cologne residents.
For groups of 10 or more Persons the reduced admission price applies.
Barrier-free access
The museum is barrier-free. Disabled toilet available.
Catering
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Museum shop
Wide range of literature on East Asian art, philosophy and life. Craft items, articles relating to the current exhibition.
Telephone +49 221 22128617
Library
The reference library of the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne was established with the museum’s founding in 1909 and originated from the private book collection of the museum’s founder Adolf Fischer.
Today, it holds more than 30,000 volumes in various languages, including monographs, reference works, specialist journals as well as exhibition and art trade catalogues, covering the history of art in China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Mongolia, India and Southeast Asia.
Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday, 11:00am – 01:00pm.
Please contact us in advance via email or phone to schedule your visit.
Phone: 0221 - 221 28609
Email: mok-bibliothek@stadt-koeln.de
How to get here
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst
(Museum of East Asian Art)
Universitätsstrasse 100
50674 Köln
Telephone +49 221 22128608
Ticket office +49 221 22128617
Fax +49 221 22128610
mok@museenkoeln.de
Public transport
Tram routes 1 and 7 and bus route 142, alight at ‘Universitätsstrasse’
Parking
There is a car park at the museum
Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday
11am – 5pm
Every first Thursday in the month
11am – 10pm (except Mai 1)
Closed Mondays; open on All Saints' Day
Museum is closed on December 24th, Christmas Day (25 Dec), New Year's Eve (31 Dec) and New Year's Day (1 Jan). Museum is opend on Easter Monday, Whit Monday, German Unity Day and December 26.
Admission prices
€ 9.50 / € 5.50
KölnTag on the first Thursday of the month (except public holidays): free admission to the Museum for all Cologne residents.
How to get here
Public transport: Tram routes 1 and 7 and bus route 142, alight at ‘Universitätsstrasse’
There is a car park at the museum
Barrier-free
The museum is barrier-free. Disabled toilet available.
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Termine
Workshop:
Ikebana im Advent
Sa, 13.12.2025, 13:00 Uhr
Führung:
日常生活,仪式,虔诚的艺术:巡礼展藏 (Führung in chinesischer Sprache)
Sa, 13.12.2025, 14:00 Uhr
Führung:
Pferde in den Künsten Ostasiens
So, 14.12.2025, 12:00 Uhr
Führung:
Buddhismus in Ostasien: Vorstellungen und Praktiken
So, 21.12.2025, 12:00 Uhr
Führung:
Ein Pferd kommt selten allein
So, 04.01.2026, 11:00 Uhr
Kalender
Museum für
Ostasiatische Kunst Köln
Universitätsstrasse 100
D 50674 Köln
Ticket office +49.221.221-28617
mok@museenkoeln.de
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