Goethe, Heine and the city museum

Why go

Choose this route if literature is more interesting to you when it is tied to its city. The Goethe Museum Düsseldorf in Schloss Jägerhof starts with the writer’s world and its collection. Hofgarten then gives you an outdoor pause and a pleasant southward crossing toward Carlstadt. At the Heinrich Heine Institut, the focus turns to a poet born in Düsseldorf, before Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf widens the frame to the city’s history and art. The museum visits call for more time than the park crossing, and the walk from Hofgarten to the Heine institute is the longest connection. Check current exhibition and visiting details for the indoor stops.

The route, stop by stop

World itinerary estimate: 170–435 min

1. 01

   Main stop · 45–90 min

   Goethe Museum Düsseldorf

   Goethe Museum occupies Schloss Jägerhof on the edge of Hofgarten, presenting the writer and his era inside a small historic palace.

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2. Walk · 5 min · Estimated

   02

   Main stop · 35–75 min

   Hofgarten

   Hofgarten is Düsseldorf's central landscape park, with tree-lined paths and water between Königsallee, the opera house and the Ehrenhof museums.

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3. Walk · 20 min · Estimated

   03

   Main stop · 45–90 min

   Heinrich Heine Institut

   The Heinrich Heine Institut on Bilker Straße brings the Düsseldorf-born poet into focus through exhibitions and a literary research collection.

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4. Walk · 4 min · Estimated

   04

   Main stop · 45–90 min

   Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf

   Stadtmuseum in Carlstadt uses art, archaeology, photographs and objects to explain Düsseldorf's past, giving context to the streets outside its doors.

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