Museum Folkwang
museum, Essen, Germany
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The Museum Folkwang is an art museum located in Essen, Germany. It features a collection of 19th- and 20th-century art. Essen itself is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, that transformed from a major industrial center to a diversified economic hub. The city was heavily damaged during World War II but has since been rebuilt. The Museum Folkwang is one of Essen's notable cultural institutions, alongside others like the Ruhr Museum and a philharmonic orchestra.1
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