Wallraf-Richartz-Museum wheelchair accessibility

The museum sits at Obenmarspforten 40 in Köln's old town, a short roll from the Cathedral. KVB stops Heumarkt and Rathaus on the Stadtbahn (lines 1, 7, 9) are step-free and put you within five minutes of the museum.

From the river, the old town promenade is level and paved; from the Cathedral, head south through the old town along Hohe Straße and continue toward Obenmarspforten. Cobbles appear in patches in the old town but the museum block itself is flat.

A taxi drop-off is possible at the museum's front. Tell the driver you need the wheelchair entrance and they will pull up close to the left door rather than the centre of the symmetrical front.

Use the left door of the Obenmarspforten entrance. From outside, the two doors look symmetrical, but the left door is the step-free one; staff at the desk will direct you if you arrive at the wrong side.

Two lifts reach every exhibition floor. Seating is plentiful through the rooms, and the museum offers folding chairs that you can carry between rooms if you need a rest. The collection runs from medieval art and Lochner up through Rubens, Rembrandt, and the Impressionists.

Lighting in the medieval and baroque rooms is dimmed for conservation; the lifts have audible level announcements but the rooms themselves are not loud. If you tire easily, the museum cafe and a portable seat on a lower floor are an easy pause point before continuing to the Impressionist galleries.

Standard pricing is posted at the desk; the museum's own site is being rebuilt through 2026, so we link the desk policy via the Köln city museums portal rather than a stale price page. Disabled visitors pay the reduced rate on showing the pass.

The city-museum companion-free rule applies: a holder whose German disability pass shows a B may bring one companion in free. Bring the pass to the counter.

European Disability Card holders are usually given the same reductions on the basis of the B equivalent. If your card has the equivalent designation, mention it; the desk will check and let your companion through on the same basis.

Address: Obenmarspforten 40, 50667 Köln. Step-free entry via the left door.

Lifts: two, reaching every exhibition floor.

Accessible toilet: yes.

Loan wheelchairs: two.

Companion of B-marked pass holder: free.

Seating: ample throughout, plus portable folding chairs.

Nearest step-free KVB stops: Heumarkt and Rathaus.