Museum
Hetjens-Museum
Ceramics museum spanning eight thousand years, from Rhenish stoneware to porcelain and a tiled dome.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Hetjens Museum in Düsseldorf starts in front of a single grey Rhenish stoneware jug and the man who spent his life chasing pots like it. You'll meet Laurenz Heinrich Hetjens, a saddler turned glassworks manager, the wealthy widow he married in Aachen, and the digs where he went looking for Gothic and Baroque stoneware himself. Best heard standing in the stoneware rooms, close to the glass.
This audio guide was created using AI.