The Schnütgen Museum is located in the building of the church of St Cecilia. It is one of the ancient basilicas of Cologne, built back in the 10th century and is a unique and beautiful monument of Romanesque architecture. The museum got its name thanks to one of the residents of the city, who decided to donate his collection of various paintings, tapestries, as well as special decorative ornaments and other interesting items for the museum's exposition.
Currently, the exhibition, which includes exhibits made more than ten centuries ago, is particularly noteworthy. In the Schnütgen Museum one can see stone and wooden sculptures as well as masterpieces of jewellery art, textile samples and stained glass windows made of ivory. The peculiarity of the expositions is that almost all of their objects have a religious orientation, and the available paintings illustrate numerous subjects of the Bible.
Every visitor has the opportunity to look at the majestic clothes worn by the ministers of the church. Although the fabrics may look shabby, they feature quite intricate and textured embroidery. The location of the museum in the building of the church of St Cecilia gives all the expositions an unusual atmosphere, filled with spirituality and purity.
The church building is made in Romanesque architectural style, as evidenced by the towers of incredible beauty, as well as a huge number of lancet windows, which are located all around the perimeter of the structure. The external appearance can be called truly majestic and extremely impressive, but such emotions cause not only the appearance of the building from the outside, inside the premises are also beautiful and delightful.
