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The  Couven Museum offers its visitors an insight into the style of living of the 18 and 19 century. A  fascinating variety of high-quality furniture is on display, as well as fine chimney pieces and Italian  stucco work.  Rococo and Aachen Liege baroque create a harmonious ensemble.  The Couven Museum also houses the Adler-Apotheke in which chocolate has been produced 1857 for the first time. Couven- Museum Huhnermarkt 17 52062 Aachen Tel:   02 41/432 44 21 Fax:  02 41 /370 75 Email:   museumspaexagogik@mailaachen.de Web:   www.couven-museum.de

The International Press Museum of Aachen known as the "registry office" of the world press, a world wide famous museum for newspapers and press history. The museum was founded in 1886. Meanwhile there are more than 170,000 issues, mainly first editions, jubilee editions, and final editions of the international press. Apart from the permanent exhibition ( the history of press till today) the museum offers continuous changing exhibitions, three free internet accesses and current - partly international - newspapers. Pontstrabe 13 52062 Aachen Tel: 02 41/432 45 08 Fax; 02 41 / 409 06 56 info@izm.de www.izm.de

The museum exhibits works of art from the modern age to the classical period. A tour of the museum may start with the modern times and it finally leads to the Middle Ages. The main emphasis is put on the excellent collection of portraits and sculptures from the late Middle Ages and the paintings of the 17th century. Special collections present themselves as "museum within the museum"; the gallery of copper-plate engravings, stained -glass exhibits, craft objects and works of ancient Greek art. Four exhibitions can be organized at the same time. Wilheimstr, 18 52070 AAchen Tel: 02 41/479 80-0 ax: 02 41/370 75 info@suermondt-ludwig-museum.de www.suermondt-ludwig-museum.de