With world-famous works of Dutch painting and the 19th century, paintings by Claude Monet, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon, the Von der Heydt Museum is one of the most important, internationally renowned art institutes in Germany. The collection of the Wuppertal Museum includes art from the 16th century to the present day. The emphasis is on impressionism, expressionism and the 1920s. Around 3000 high-profile paintings, 500 sculptures and 30,000 graphic sheets are part of the collection, which is presented in changing major exhibitions. The museum is located in the center of Wuppertal-Elberfeld.