Niederrheinisches Museum für Volkskunde und Kulturgeschichte e.V.

The Niederrheinisches Museum Kevelaer e.V. in the pilgrimage town of Kevelaer preserves and presents the region’s ethnographic, cultural‑historical and artistic heritage; the museum building is among the larger institutions on the Lower Rhine.

The collection traces back to the Verein für Heimatschutz in Kevelaer, founded in 1910. The first exhibits were made accessible in the so‑called "De alde Weem", the old parsonage. In 1937 the Kevelaer Museum merged with the Gelderner Kreismuseum and, at Marienpark, became a district local history museum under the name "Haus der Heimat", incorporating the significant collection of the surveyor Michael Buyx into its holdings. In 1945 an air raid destroyed the museum; the full extent of the losses could not be determined.

In 1954 the museum acquired the 18th‑century "Risbroecksche Haus", which remains part of the institution to this day. In the following decades several construction measures were carried out: the conversion of the residential building, the addition of a Quadrum building (1958–1960), the construction of a large new museum wing (1973–1976), and a final new build and renovation in 1991–1995. Following the completion of these works, the museum has been managed since 1995 by a legally constituted, non‑profit museum operator association.

Since the redesign of its website and corporate identity in 2018/2019, the institution has presented itself with the logo "Niederrheinisches Museum Kevelaer". In early 2023 the official name was changed from "Niederrheinische Museum für Volkskunde und Kulturgeschichte e.V. Kevelaer" to "Niederrheinisches Museum Kevelaer e.V.".