Domschatzkammer, Cologne

The Cologne Cathedral Treasury of the Metropolitan Chapter of the High Cathedral Church is part of Cologne Cathedral. It is located on the north side of the cathedral and in it large parts of the Cologne cathedral treasure are exhibited. Christian art from the 4th to the 20th century is displayed there. The Cathedral Treasury was inaugurated on October 21, 2000, and was heavily criticized at the time. This was because many felt that the cube, which is encased in dark bronze panels and represents the entrance area to the Cathedral Treasury, was a foreign body in front of the Cathedral's Gothic north facade.

The cathedral treasury is located underground in medieval vaulted rooms. It has six rooms on three floors. It descends to the Roman city wall and a Roman sewer. In it are displayed utensils of the Catholic liturgy, as well as reliquaries and crosses. Some of these items are still occasionally used in the liturgy, such as the pageantry monstrance carried in the Corpus Christi procession, a large emerald cross used on All Saints' Day, and the baroque shrine of St. Engelbert brought out on his memorial day, November 7. Since 2014, the cathedral treasury has been headed by Leonie Becks, who holds a doctorate in art history.