Museums in Frankfurt

Frankfurt is home to Germany’s most celebrated museum landscape, offering its guests a colourful variety of cultural highlights throughout the year. Set side by side like pearls on a string, the museums of Frankfurt’s famous museum embankment regularly present spectacular exhibitions of international renown.

Archaeological Museum The Archaeological Museum, formerly the Museum of Pre- and Early History, is housed in the Carmelite Church. A modern annexe designed by Joseph-Paul Kleihues has recently been added. The museum devotes itself to the investigation, documentation and presentation of archaeological findings of Frankfurt and its environs from pre-historic times, the Roman period, the Middle Ages and the modern era. More caricatura museum frankfurt - Museum of Satirical Art Gaining spatial independence in it’s new location (Leinwandhaus since 2008), the Caricatura will be able to present in full the myriad works of the „New Frankfurt School“ in one comprehensive permanent exhibition while simultaneously using changing exhibitions to put on show the current stock of satirical art of the German-speaking world. At the same time, Frankfurt will be promoting this new location to underline its position as Germany’s capital of satirical comedy. More Cathedral Museum The cloisters of the Cathedral Museum are home to a collection of tremendously valuable and exquisite liturgal instruments and garments from the former cathedral chapter and the present-day St. Bartholomew parish. In 1992, excavations were carried out in Bartholomew Cathedral, revealing the tomb of a late-Merovingian maiden. A number of precious artefacts from this find are on display in a glass showcase. The "Haus am Dom" (opposite) displays a variety of magnificent ecclesiastical treasures. More children's museum frankfurt The Frankfurt Children's Museum develops and presents interactive exhibitions especially for families with children age 6 and up. The new location at the Hauptwache attracts not only families, but also school classes and other children’s groups. Beyond the public exhibition children can be active and creative in a variety of specially booked workshops or even celebrate their birthday party at the museum. More Dialog Museum The Dialog Museum, located in Frankfurt's east side, is no ordinary museum. In fact, it's actually three seperate exhibitions in one. Firstly, there's "Dialogue in the dark", a special exhibition in which visitors are challenged to discover the world of unseen. Blind museum guides lead visitors through a pitch-black exhibition, making it necessary for senses other than sight to come to fore. More Eintracht Frankfurt Museum The new Eintracht Frankfurt Museum is located on the ground floor of the Commerzbank Arena. The highly entertaining exhibition, which covers over 400 square metres of floor space, offers insight into the ups and downs of Frankfurt’s most celebrated professional football club. More Ernst-May-House Twenty-three housing schemes were realised in the 1920s according to the functional Bauhausstyle, designed by Ernst May. The architecture of "New Frankfurt" became world-famous. More EXPERIMINTA - ScienceCenter FrankfurtRheinMAin Hands-on Experience not “Don't touch!” You might like to start your visit with a short nap on our Fakir-bed on the tip of 100 pin pricks. Then maybe continue on to drawing musical patterns in the sand with the singing iron plate, or looking out at the world from the inside of a gigantic soap bubble. More Frankfurt Art Association The Frankfurt Art Association, one of the most internationally renowned exhibition centres of contemporary art, endeavours to familiarise museum visitors with the social relevance of contemporary art. Innovative examples of modern art are sought out to encourage the constant redefinition of the relationship between fine arts and its observers. This includes a running commentary on the present, its problems, challenges and visions. More Frankfurt Feldbahn Museum e.V. Opened in 1987, the Feldbahnmuseum tells the vivid story of a historical form of transport and its effects on the progress of industrialisation. This collection comprises 36 locomotives, over 120 wagons, myriad accessories and tools as well as numerous historical documents and photos. A restoration workshop, a joiners shop and a locksmithery complete the museum. More

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