#unserMuseum: Competition launched for migration museum

DOMiD's nationwide migration museum takes another step forward: The Europe-wide competition for architecture, building construction and exhibition design started in August 2024. In the coming months, it will be decided what the future museum, which will be built in Cologne's Kalk district, will look like.

As the organization responsible for the future museum, DOMiD is taking a special approach: “The architecture and engineering offices must join forces with the exhibition designers to form a planning team and submit a joint design. In this way, we can ensure that the complex museum planning goes hand in hand across all trades,” explains Yordanos Asghedom, Museum Construction Project Manager at DOMiD.

“What was just a vision a few years ago is now taking shape,” says DOMiD Managing Director Dr. Robert Fuchs, delighted with the start of the tendering process. DOMiD intends to publicly announce the winning design at the beginning of 2025.

Based on DOMiD's unique collection, a museum will be created on a derelict industrial site in the Kalk district on the right bank of the Rhine that tells the story of the past and present of the migration society. On almost 10,000 square meters, an open center for dialogue and productive debate on migration and the immigration society is to be created here.

The Europe-wide competition is another major step on the way to realizing the museum. The first excavators are expected to roll in from 2027/2028. The opening of the museum is planned for 2029, subject to external factors. The construction of the Migration Museum is being financed in equal parts by the federal government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, while the land and building are being provided by the city of Cologne. DOMiD is currently in final, constructive talks with the city about the long-term leasehold contract, for which the city council gave the green light in March.