Kolumba
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The Kolumba (previously Diözesanmuseum, "Diocesan Museum") is an art museum in Cologne, Germany. It is located on the site of the former St. Kolumba church, and run by the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is one of the oldest museums in the city, alongside the Wallraf-Richartz Museum.
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Collection
The collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, decorative art and religious icons from Late Antiquity to the present. Apart from a few works on permanent display, the presentation features a regularly changing selection of the museum's holdings. The items are generally displayed without accompanying text, and in no particular chronological or stylistic order.
Highlights include:
- The Hermann Ida Cross, an 11th-century processional cross made of gilded bronze.
- A 12th-century ivory crucifix in romanesque Rhenish or Mosan style.
- A collection of rosaries.
- Stefan Lochner: Madonna with the Violet (pre-1450).
- Paul Thek: Shrine (1969).
- Jannis Kounellis: Tragedia civile (1975).
- A large collection of works by Leiko Ikemura.
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See also
- List of museums in Cologne
- Franz Johann Joseph Bock - one of the founding fathers
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