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Ludwig Festival. Celebrating the 100th birthday of museum founder Peter Ludwig

18.10.2025 , 18:00

On July 9, 2025, Peter Ludwig, the renowned Koblenz art collector and founder of the Ludwig Museum Koblenz, would have turned 100 years old. With his wife Irene (née Monheim), he built a renowned foundation of international renown and is the namesake of a total of thirteen museums and institutions that enrich the museum landscape both nationally and internationally. After Peter Ludwig was awarded the City of Koblenz’s Cultural Prize, the idea of ​​establishing a Ludwig Museum in Koblenz was realized, and the museum opened in September 1992. Peter Ludwig contributed donations and permanent loans to the young collection, which has been expanded extensively over the years.

The Association of Friends of the Middlerhine-Museum and the Ludwig Museum honors this famous Koblenz patron with a special celebration on October 18, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM. For the first time in the association’s history, a dinner and charity event will be held, with several renowned guests already confirmed. The evening will be enhanced by live music (Katharina Wimmer, violin, and Andreas Theobald, accordion) and a reading by Koblenz theater actor Jona Mues. Another highlight of the evening will be the raffle in aid of the Ludwig Museum, for which numerous prizes have been provided by sponsors. It will be a celebration for art and the senses.

Fee: 80 EUR (including menu and drinks). Please register at: info@ludwigmuseum.org; Konto des Museumsvereins: IBAN DE75 5705 0120 0000 106310

Andy Warhol: Portrait Peter Ludwig, 1980, Seriegraphie, Dauerleihgabe der Ludwig Stiftung, Aachen © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, NY, 2022. Foto: Ludwig Museum Koblenz
Andy Warhol: Portrait Peter Ludwig, 1980, Serigraphy, permanent loan from the Ludwig Foundation, Aachen © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, NY, 2022. Foto: Ludwig Museum Koblenz

 

Eröffnungsrede des Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Ludwig am 18. September 1992 beim Gottesdienst in der Basilika St. Kastor, Koblenz. Foto und Copyright: Ludwig Museum Koblenz, 2022
Opening speech by Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Ludwig on 18 September 1992 at the service in the Basilica of St. Kastor, Koblenz. Photo und Copyright: Ludwig Museum Koblenz, 2022
Andy Warhol: Portrait Peter Ludwig, 1980, Seriegraphie, Dauerleihgabe der Ludwig Stiftung, Aachen © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, NY, 2022. Foto: Ludwig Museum Koblenz

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