The Cathedral Treasury

If you're interested in cathedrals and history, this is for you

There's two sides to this amazing museum: the exhibits and the space. Built into the actual foundation of the cathedral itself you can see the exhibit of opulent gold and fine clothes from the roman c...

A worthwhile collection that is very much worth a visit

Compared to the Treasury in Aachen, this takes second place. That said, the Cologne treasury has a remarkable array of historic treasures from the cathedral’s past, even if thieves were able to make o...

An addendum to the cathedral

There is a small door at the left corner of the cathedral once you reach the podium inside that takes you to the treasury in the basement. Nothing interesting though. More of a storehouse of artifacts...

Ok but I preferred the trip up the tower

There are some interesting things to look at but I wasn’t wowed by anything. The route round isn’t well signposted so it would be easy to miss a room which we nearly did.

Mainly artifacts and less of valuable treasure

Was expecting gold or diamond studded stuffs in the treasury, but instead it’s the catholic values and virtues that they treasure. There were artifacts and clothes of cardinals and ancient stuffs on d...