Thanks to ERGO’s support, all visitors will be granted free admission to the exhibition “Monet – Cézanne – Matisse. The Scharf Collection” on 9 May 2026.

ERGO Day combines cultural commitment with a special historical connection to the collection on display: the roots of the Scharf Collection go back to Otto Gerstenberg, the founder of Victoria Versicherung, from which ERGO later emerged. The private collection traces its origins back to him and is now in its fourth generation. There is thus an extraordinary connection between the exhibition’s sponsor and the collection on display.

Architecture and art at the Ehrenhof

Please note: This tour will be held in German.

Exactly a hundred years ago, on May 8th 1926, opened the “Große Ausstellung für Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen” in short GeSoLei. The Ehrenhof building complex, comprising of Tonhalle, Rheinterrasse, and Kunstpalast, was constructed especially for this exhibition. What happened since, what stayed, and what changed? Learn more about the past of this place and how the art came to be in the museum. Experience a part of Düsselsdorf’s architectural history and share your stories and memories as well.

In addition to the art-historical and architectural background, this special series focuses on mutual exchange and personal impressions. Sometimes all it takes is a building to start a conversation or bring back memories. Our experienced art educators guide you through the Ehrenhof’s history and works of art or artists in dialogue with the group. After the tour, we cordially invite you to continue the conversation in a cozy atmosphere over coffee and cake.

After the tour, we cordially invite you to continue the conversation in a cozy atmosphere over coffee and cake.

The price includes a slice of cake and a coffee, cappuccino, tea or soft drink of your choice.

This format is aimed at people who would like to enrich their everyday lives through new encounters and who are interested in art. No prior knowledge is required.

Enjoy the Ehrenhof and capture it with your brush! This time, the workshop will take place outside. We observe the hustle and bustle, the Kunstpalast’s architecture, and the shapes and colours surrounding us. How do we sketch the scenery? Outdoor painting demands fast decisions but also offers a broad variety of details and inspiring moments. You will learn methods and techniques to capture your impressions.

Beginner or advanced, everyone is welcome!

Artist-quality materials are provided. You may bring your own easel, folding stool or another seating possibility for outside.

Please note: this tour will be held in German.
In this themed tour, we focus on the varieties of abstraction. Impressionist artists had already begun to simplify, dissolve, or rearrange the visible world. Forms became areas of color, contours lost their sharpness, and light and mood took center stage rather than precise detail. This created an tension between representationalism and dissolution, a transition in which modern abstraction is already laid out.

Please note: this tour will be held in German.

A hundred years ago, the “ Große Ausstellung für Gesundheitspflege, soziale Fürsorge und Leibesübungen“ (GeSoLei) opened. The trade fair combined business, arts, and welfare and was also a mix of major sporting event and amusement parc. It was the biggest exhibition of the Weimar Republic, attracting 7.5 million visitors between May and October 1926. To this day, the Ehrenhof building complex, comprising of Tonhalle, Rheinterrasse, and Kunstpalast, defines the cityscape. Learn more about the GeSoLei at our Spot On exhibition. Experience a part of Düsseldorf’s architectural history and join the guided walk through the Ehrenhof.

Please note: This program will be held in German!

Clubs, football supporters’ groups, carnival societies and, of course, relatives and family –we humans seek a sense of community. Photographs not only depict a sense of belonging, but can also affirm or challenge it. The exhibition at the Kunstpalast explores this multifaceted relationship and brings together both everyday and artistic works. Join us and be surprised by the diverse, unusual, humorous and fascinating works on display! After the tour, we will get creative ourselves and celebrate our community!

Meeting Point Museum is once a month.
Refugees and immigrants are very welcome. For them admission is free.

We are looking forward seeing you!

普通话公共导游
4月11日星期六下午2点半
费用：6欧元加门票

在这场导览中，您将了解德国最重要的私人收藏之一。许多展出的作品从未公开过。您将欣赏到约 180 件 19 世纪和 20 世纪法国艺术作品以及当代国际艺术作品。其中包括保罗·塞尚、克劳德·莫奈、皮埃尔·博纳尔、巴勃罗·毕加索、亨利·马蒂斯和卡塔琳娜·格罗斯的杰出画作。


Please note: This tour will be held in Japanese!

This guided tour offers insights into one of Germany’s most important private collections. Many of the works on display have never been shown to the public before. Enjoy a selection of around 180 works of French art from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as contemporary international art. These include outstanding paintings by Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Katharina Grosse.

Mit dem Hund ins Museum: Zum Internationalen Tag des Hundes am 26. August 2026 sind im Kunstpalast auch unsere Freunde auf vier Pfoten mit ihren Besitzer*innen herzlich willkommen. Ob groß oder klein, Lang-, Kurz- oder Rauhaar, – an diesem Tag müssen Hunde nicht zuhause bleiben oder vor der Tür warten.
Warum also nicht den Spaziergang im Hofgarten mit einem Abstecher in den Kunstpalast verbinden? Entdecken Sie unsere Sammlungspräsentation „Alles Kunst?!“ bei einem Rundgang gemeinsam mit Ihrem Hund. Unsere klimatisierten Räume bieten an heißen Sommertagen zudem einen einzigartigen Kunstgenuss und die perfekte Abkühlung für Besuchende mit und ohne Fell. Vielleicht spürt ja auch Ihr Hund ein Lieblingswerk in unserer Sammlung auf.
Damit sich alle wohlfühlen, bitten wir darum, Hunde an der Leine zu führen.
Der Internationale Tag des Hundes wurde 2004 von der US-amerikanischen Tierschützerin Colleen Page ins Leben gerufen. Er feiert die besondere Freundschaft zwischen Mensch und Hund und stärkt das Bewusstsein für Tierschutz, Adoption und eine verantwortungsvolle Hundehaltung.

Please note: This program will be held in German.

Spring is here! Nature presents itself fresh and bright. Together we will discover the colourful world of the Kunstpalast. This time, we will look at artworks fitting for springtime. Afterwards, we will get creative and capture the vibrant colours.

Meeting Point Museum is once a month.
Refugees and immigrants are very welcome. For them admission is free.

We are looking forward seeing you!