advice on Dusseldorf and surrounding area

[Ragamuffin]

good morning everyone,
my good lady and i are heading out to a wedding in Germany in september. it is our first time in the country. we are flying into Dusseldorf, hiring a car and heading to the wedding in Coesfeld. we will have all friday to explore (the wedding's on saturday) and as our flight home doesn't leave till 21.00 on sunday we will have a few hour free in Dusseldorf sunday afternoon.

so, do any family members have any advice on fun things to do in the area? we are interested in prehistoric/historical sites museums etc.

we also like open country so will probably go for a good, long drive on the friday.

thanks
phil

[witch]

Hello Ragamuffin,
please have a look at the following links ...I hope the links works

http://www.duesseldorf.de/en/index.shtml

Arts and culture
http://www.goethe-museum-kippenberg-stiftung.de/englisch/0002-englisch.htm

Some informations about the old town aswell bars and restaurants and old churches and historic buildings
http://www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/en/sights/

Goethe museum
http://www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/en/sights/

aquazoo
http://www.duesseldorf.de/aquazoo/

Neandertal museum
http://www.neanderthal.de/en/home/index.html
Bye the way if you will have some time Cologne is a very nice city and not far away from Düsseldorf if you like to have some informations about Cologne let me know
Some pics from Coesfeld
http://www.google.de/search?q=coesfeld+bilder&hl=de&client=firefox-a&hs=I0t&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=QcTMT-S3DofIsgbq5NjjBg&ved=0CHAQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=661

I wish you a nice day
cheers witch

[isa]

hi,

i live in dusseldorf...so i should have some good ideas...(pondering)
the neanderthal museum is a really good idea, maybe the kaiserpfalz in düsseldorf-kaiserswerth could also be interesting for you. if you want to drink a beer in the evening, i suggest the schaukelstühlchen or the engelchen. both pubs are in the altstadt.
so much for now. if i have some more good ideas, i 'm going to tell you these asap 

greetings,
anke

[Ragamuffin]

Danke mein Freund,
was that right?

never did any german at school so trying to pick up some phrases.

looks like the neanderthal museum will be on our list.
thanks again,
phil