The galleries are enormous and many areas flooded with light. It is a pleasure to walk round. Interpretive material in English and German, the emphasis being to put the artworks in historical context, grouped by 'movement'. The collection is based on two private donations. Admission expensive with no reduction for pensioners, but worth the charge for the Picasso, the Russian avant-garde and Max Beckmann. There is a really excellent bookshop with many books in English.
路德維希博物館(Museum Ludwig)創建於1976年,是科隆市規模最大的藝術博物館之一,專註收藏20-21世紀的現代藝術作品。該館擁有歐洲最豐富的波普藝術收藏,亦是全球畢加索作品藏量第3高的博物館,約有900幅畢加索作品,如1923年畫作《雙手交疊的丑角》(Harlequin with Folded Hands)。
路德維希博物館附近有這幾間酒店:科隆萬怡酒店(Courtyard by Marriott Cologne),瑪麗蒂姆科隆酒店(Maritim Hotel Cologne),科隆萬豪酒店(Cologne Marriott Hotel),科隆温德姆酒店(Wyndham Köln),科隆市中心阿茲姆酒店(Azimut Hotel Cologne City Center)