Photo: Vincent van Gogh, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Known for the exhibits covering the history of photography and for paintings from all eras.
Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen, founded in 1902.
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Aalto Theater
Interesting piece of architecture by Alvar Aalto (Finland).
With 1,250 seats, it is the biggest and oldest cinema hall in Germany.
Essener Münster
A 14th-century cathedral and treasure museum.
Event location inside a brickwork factory hall, build in 1901 and used for producing gas turbines until 1991, reopened in 1996 as location for events and musicals