November 2006: Visiting Köln - Museum Ludwig

The collection of the Museum Ludwig comprises the most important stages and positions in the development of 20th century art and contemporary art.Roy Lichtenstein’s “Maybe“, Andy Warhol’s “Brillo Boxes“ and George Segal’s “Restaurant Window”, all icons of American Pop Art, had just been completed when in 1969 they were included as loans in the collection of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. The works came from Peter and Irene Ludwig who have built up the biggest collection of Pop Art outside the USA

The museum has continued to systematically collect contemporary art. New acquisitions were often only a few months old when they were bought. Thus German art from the 70s and 80s, international trends and installations by the younger avant-garde also found their way into the collection of the Museum Ludwig.
The building designed by the architects Peter Busmann and Godfried Haberer was opened in 1986.