Museum · Mettmann · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Neanderthal-Museum is a museum in Mettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia. This place has a story in the app. Within 140 m you'll find a bench and a public toilet.
Story · Neanderthal-Museum
You're standing at the Neanderthal Museum, in the Neander Valley near Mettmann in Germany. This valley has a world-famous name. Close by, the very first fossils were found of the human we now call the Neanderthal. So it's no coincidence that the museum stands right here.
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The design for the building came from a competition in spring 1993. Around 130 entrants took part. The winners were Günter Zamp Kelp, Julius Krauss and Arno Brandlhuber. The museum opened in October 1996. The building went on to win architecture awards, and in 1998 it received a special mention at the European Museum of the Year Award. To make way for a later extension, the old Neanderthaler Hof hotel was demolished.
You pay for entry to the museum. Information about Neanderthal Museum tickets is available on the official website, neanderthal.de. The building is wheelchair accessible, and there is a wheelchair-accessible toilet inside the museum. You can also read more about visiting the museum on this website. Access to the premises is open to everyone using a wheelchair. Use the official site to plan your visit and check prices.
There are 13 benches within 500 metres of the museum. The nearest of these to the Neanderthal-Museum in Mettmann is 29 metres away, on the Museumsweg. A public toilet near the Neanderthal-Museum in Mettmann is 137 metres away, at Neandertal. This toilet is always open, wheelchair accessible and has a baby changing table. There is 1 public toilet within 500 metres. According to our map, there is no drinking water at the Neanderthal-Museum in Mettmann, and there is no water point within 1 km.
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The museum is located at Talstraße 300 in Mettmann.
Yes, the nearest bench is 29 metres away at Museumsweg, and there are 13 benches within 500 metres.
The nearest public toilet is 137 metres away at Neandertal.
No, there is no water tap within a 1 km radius.
You will find life-size reconstructions of early humans, a collection of casts of human fossils and exhibitions on evolution.
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