Boardgame-Nacht im Museum Schnütgen am KölnTag

In the organizer's words:

Boardgame night at Museum Schnütgen on KölnTag

Free admission, duration: from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Both young and old fans of modern board games on the subject of the Middle Ages can try them out directly in the museum and either visit the collection or listen to lectures.

Included are games dedicated to the medieval cosmos such as: Die Baumeister von Köln, Carcassonne (Junior), Media Aetas, Castle Combo, Catan, Dominion, Leidgeprüftes Mittelalter, Fantastische Reiche and many more.

Thanks to highly motivated volunteer explainers and board game publishers on site, you can save yourself the tedious study of the instruction manuals on this evening and get started right away with other game enthusiasts.

In "Die Baumeister von Köln", for example, you and up to four players build the twelve large Romanesque churches of Cologne. Fittingly, this includes St. Cäcilien, the current home of the Museum Schnütgen. Players get to know the 12 Romanesque churches in Cologne, including the abbess of St. Cäcilien, and can take pleasure in putting obstacles in the way of their fellow players.

The games evening will kick off at 5 p.m. with the lecture "Between light and darkness - the Middle Ages in our contemporary culture" (Tobias Enseleit), followed at 6 p.m. by the lecture "The Middle Ages on the board - of knights, nuns and dragons" (Lukas Boch). At 7:30 pm, there will be a guided tour entitled "Homo ludens - play and sin in medieval art" (Dr. Adam Stead) with objects from the museum.

Historical board games such as backgammon, chess and mill will also be played on this evening.

Age recommendation: 10+