Rautenstrauch&Joest Museum

The Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne has been providing an insight into the culture and art of non-European peoples since 1906. It has an extensive collection with a total of approx. 65,000 exhibits from India, Thailand, Tibet, Laos and Burma, as well as a comprehensive North American collection that includes a Pawnee Indian bear-claw necklace, eagle-feather head-dress and bison robe. The collection also includes 100,000 historical ethnographical photographs and a specialist library with 40,000 volumes. Closed on Mondays, guided tours available on request.