1990 – 2008 New Concept, Building up the Collection, New Museum Building Joachim M. Plotzek and Team In 1990, Joachim M. Plot...

1972 – 1990 The museum in the Curia building (Roncalliplatz) Walter Schulten, Rolf Lauer and Joachim M. Plotzek With the reop...

1954 – 1971 New location at Roncalliplatz Joseph Hoster After various plans for a new museum building for the museum had fail...

1940 – 1953 Consequences of the war and a new beginning Wilhelm Neuß and Joseph Hoster Fearing the effects of war Wilhelm Neu...

1923 – 1939 Rebuilding and reorganisation of the museum Wilhelm Neuß and Jakob Eschweiler As the president of the Society for...

1906 – 1922 Decree concerning Gothic style Institute for Religious Art In 1906, Alexander Schnütgen stepped down from his pos...

1852 – 1905 Foundation and location of the museum Johann Baudri and Alexander Schnütgen On 14 February 1853 the “Christlicher...

Joachim M. Plotzek (born in 1943) Art Historian Museum director 1990 – 2008 Born in 1943 in Dattenfeld on the Sieg River. Fr...

Walter Schulten (1920 – 1993) Art Historian and Priest Museum director 1969 – 1989 Walter Schulten was born in Stadtlohn on 6...

Joseph Hoster (1910 – 1969) Art Historian and Priest Museum director 1947 – 1969 Joseph Hoster was born on 27 July 1910 in th...

Wilhelm Neuß (1880 – 1965) Art Historian and Priest Museum director 1938 – 1947 Wilhelm Neuß was born in Montabaur on 24 July...

Jakob Hubert Eschweiler (1894 – 1965) Art Historian and Priest Museum director 1924 – 1938 Jakob Hubert Eschweiler was bo...

Arnold Steffens (1851 – 1923) Chairman of the Society for Christian Art Museum director 1905 – 1923 Arnold Steffens was b...

Hermann Joseph Schmitz (1841 – 1899) Chairman of the Society for Christian Art Museum director 1896 – 1900 Hermann Joseph Sch...

Alexander Schnütgen (1843 – 1918) Chairman of the museums board Museum director 1891 – 1896/ 1900 – 1905 Alexander Schnütgen ...

Johann Anton Friedrich Baudri (1804 – 1893) President of the Society for Christian Art Museum director 1855 – 1891 Johann Bau...

Peter Ludwig Friedrich Baudri 1808 – 1874 Painter and member of the musuem's board Peter Baudri was born in Elberfeld on 20 A...