The North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts (Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste) is a learned society in Düsseldorf, Germany, founded in 1970. External links http://www.awk.nrw.de/ Education in Düsseldorf Culture in Düsseldorf Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities 1970 establishments in Germany Scientific organizations established in 1970