 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Guta reCologne rakasarudza kutanga miziyamu yeunyanzvi hwakashandiswa muna 1888. Nheyo yechiratidziro pakutanga yakabva muunganidzwa waFerdinand Franz Wallraf 17481824 naMatthias Joseph de Noël 17821849, uye chiratidziro chakakurumidza kuwedzerwa kuburikidza nezvipo. Nzvimbo yokutanga yemuseum yaiva chivako cheNeo-Gothic paHansaring, chakavakwa muna 1900, asi ichi chakaparadzwa nemabhombamuna 1943. 