Education
The art education department invites you to actively experience the exhibitions in the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum and in Haus Lange and Haus Esters: sensually, creatively, critically and dedicatedly.
The offerings available from the art education department are especially targeted to all visitors: families, children, adolescents, adults and people with disabilities. You are welcome to observe art, to consider and talk about art and even to work artistically yourself.
Visit the rooms of the art education department on the ground floor of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, take active part in weekend workshops, at guided tours for families, at KunstImPuls events or at our various holiday offerings.
Studio 2
CreativeLab
Do Your Own Thing. Free Creativity and Cultural Participation in the Migration Society
25.05.2024 – 30.06.2024
Do Your Own Thing. Free Creativity and Cultural Participation in the Migration Society is a project of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld for children and young people between the ages of 5 and 18 in cooperation with numerous local and national partners. As in the previous year, the artistic projects again took place on site in the city districts, schools and youth centers: at Blumenplatz, at Kompass Primary School, at the Café Oje youth center, in the Hardenberg district with the open all-dayprogram at Mariannenschule, at the Romanian association Roeducatie e.V. and on a public meadow in Krefeld-Linn. One exception was the project with the international class at the Freiherrvom-Stein Schule, which moved its classroom to the museum once a week and worked with theInstitut Daz/DaF, University of Duisburg-Essen to promote language skills.The three projects that are now being presented in Studio 2 were also workshops that took placedirectly on site with children and young people. In photography, painting and performance, thegroups explored creatively themes and motifs thatthey encountered directly in their urban environment.In the course of the projects, theyalso got toknow the Kunstmuseen Krefeld as a public space. There they encountered works of art that inspired them for their own work.
Partners involved in 2023/24 in Krefeld Department of Migration and Integration, Neighborhood Management Krefeld, KRESCHtheater, inter.aktion e.V., Kompass-Grundschule, WERKHAUS e.V., Freiherr-vom-Stein Schule, Mariannenschule, Jugendhaus Café Oje, Roeducatie e.V.
Artists and educators of the Krefeld projects in 2023/24 Catherine Birner, Sibylle Gröne, David Janzen, Claudia Reich, Heide Schremmer, Andreas Simon, Wienke Treblin, Incinur Zayin, Eva Roux, Ilayda Yikar, Frederike Krahn, Susanne Ollesch, Katharina Papanouscas
The project is made possible by funding from the Beisheim Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Schools and Kindergarten
Our program for schools and teachers is only available in German.
Ausstellungsbegleitende didaktische Materialien zur Unterrichtsgestaltung in der Schule und im Museum
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Contact
Architecture Guide HLHE
Click here for the media guide for everything to do with House Lange and House Esters. Immerse yourself in the history and architectural cosmos of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with numerous illustrations, historical photos, drafts and comparative examples in 27 audio stations.
Made possible by: NEUSTART. Sofortprogramm für Corona-bedingte Investitionen in Kultureinrichtungen. Funded by Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.
KunstImPuls
KunstImPuls is the Kunstmuseen Krefeld's monthly evening opening taking place on the first thursday of every month. Each evening has an exciting theme that corresponds to works from the collection or current exhibitions.
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Stadtwerke Krefeld (SWK) and the Sparkasse Krefeld.
Online-KunstImPuls in June
Guided tours
You can book guided tours through all our temporary exhibitions and all thematic aspects of the collection, which we will gladly adapt to your wishes and group profile.
58 (1 hour) / 70 (1.5 hours) Euros on weekdays 70 (1 hour) / 82 (1.5 hours) Euros on weekends and holidays
We also offer guided tours in English and French: 18 Euros foreign language surcharge
Please note that guided tours must be booked at least a week in advance.
School classes can already be admitted to the museum at 9 a.m. from Tuesday to Friday when events with guided tours are book at least a week in advance!
May
- Kunst am MittagGrafik im Studio 1More––––––––––Kaiser Wilhelm Museum
As part of Art at Noon (does not take place during the vacations), we present masterpieces of graphic art from the 20th and 21st centuries every Wednesday at K+. Once a month, it's even graphics à la carte: choose works from the graphics collection from a preselection displayed as a menu in K+. Have your say.
Every Wednesday 13.15-13.45 Admission only! No registration required.
- Museum grenzenlosFührungMuseumseintritt zzgl. 2 €More––––Haus Esters, Haus Lange
Das FRAC Grand Large—Hauts-de-France (Regionale Fonds für zeitgenössische Kunst) ist zu Gast in Haus Lange Haus Esters. Anlass ist die 50jährige Städte-Partnschaft zwischen Krefeld und Dünkirchen, und so reist in 2025 auch ein Teil der Krefelder Kunstsammlung an die französische Nordküste.
Im Zentrum der aktuellen Ausstellung in HLHE stehen Kunst und Design seit den 1990er Jahren. Die Führungen geben einen Überblick der Schau an den Schnittstellen von Alltag und Avantgarde.
- Internationaler MuseumstagFührungen und WorkshopsEintritt freiMore–Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Haus Esters, Haus Lange
The motto of this year's International Museum Day is "Discover museums with joy". In hands-on activities for the exhibition "Museum grenzenlos. Art - Design / Dunkerque - Krefeld" exhibition in Haus Lange Haus Esters and the museum collection at the KWM, adults, children and families can try their hand at creative design and explore the exhibitions together in a fun way. Share your experiences on social media under #MuseenEntdecken!
11.30 am - 1 pm Public guided tour of Collection in Motion: Color and Painting in Impressionism and Expressionism, KWM
11 am - 2 pm Painting workshop for families, KWM
3-4.30 p.m. Public family tour of Museum without Borders, HLHE and in the gardens
2-5 p.m. DIY design workshop for children and adults, HL
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June
Birthday parties
Why not celebrate your child's birthday in the museum for a change? The Kaiser Wilhelm Museum offers many exciting possibilities for such a party. Children can paint, do handicrafts and otherwise occupy themselves artistically in the spaces of the education department or in Studio 2 after taking part in special guided tours through the museum.
Children and teens
Our programs for children and teens are in German only. Please refer to the German homepage.
May
June
families
Adults
video series "Kunst mit Thomas" (German only)
Kunstvermittler Thomas Janzen stellt Werke aus der Sammlung der Kunstmuseen zum Mit- und Nachbasteln vor.