Collection of the Rhenish State Museum for Folklore

The LVR open-air museum in Kommern and the Rhenish State Museum for Folklore has existed since 1958 and, as a museum of the history of everyday culture in the Rhineland, includes not only the open-air area with historical buildings and exhibition halls but also a stock of over 200,000 objects from the area of rural and small-town everyday life in the Rhineland. When the museum was founded, the focus was primarily on collecting traditional folklore areas in order to be able to document the history of everyday human culture in the past. Objects from contemporary history only occasionally found their way into the museum during these years. This only changed at the beginning of the new millennium, when the Rhineland market place focused on the most recent history of the Rhineland.

The core task of the LVR open-air museum in Kommern is collecting, preserving, researching and communicating. In order to be able to practice the four principles of museum work in the long term, the permanent, correct conservation of the collection is essential. This is the only way to protect and preserve the material, immaterial and personal values of the objects so that the value of the collection is guaranteed and can also be available to future generations.

Milchbar from Brühl Highlight Counter in the Milk bar with white and blue facing

The milk bar on the Rhineland market square was originally built in the summer of 1955 in Brühl on Carl-Schurz-Strasse. In the early years, the milk bar was a very popular meeting place, especially among young people in Brühl. In the decades that followed, however, the milk bar went through an eventful history More about the history of the milk bar

The LVR open-air museum in Kommern bears the addition "Rhenish State Museum for Folklore" in its name - because state museums focus primarily on the historical development of their region. They collect art and cultural assets from their area and put them on display in scientifically prepared exhibitions. For this reason, the collection in Kommern concentrates on objects that document life in the Rhineland and make it comprehensible.

Rhenish State Museum for Folklore