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Culture for Everyone

A city of culture

Culture for Everyone

Since the establishment of the "Museumsufer", this motto has shaped the entire Frankfurt cultural landscape with its museums, theatres, concert halls, a vibrant creative scene and cultural events. The whole city turns into a stage when music, theatre and movies can be experienced in the parks, on the banks of the River Main and even on the city's rooftops. The literary scene is also far removed from the ivory tower: the book fair is accompanied by "Open Books", a reading festival, and in the Goethe House you can immerse yourself in the world of Johann Wolfgang Goethe.

 

 

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Stunning cultural landscape

  • Infinite variety of themes in the museums: Art, architecture, satire and comedy, natural sciences, Jewish history, design, film, photography

  • Internationally renowned flagships

  • Small, top-class museums, galleries and inspiring off-spaces

  • Excellent stages, orchestras, thrilling musicals, dance, outstanding theatre productions, jazz sessions

  • Inspiring cultural programmes: DJ sets, high-quality audio guides, hands-on activities for children, exciting digitorials 

  • Events, concert series, theatre festivals, cinema - 365 days a year and open air in summer: Stoffel, Jazz im Palmengarten, Sommerwerft, Museum Embankment Festival, Europa Open Air, Night of the Museums, Nippon Connection and many more

  • Discounted admission with the Frankfurt Card and the MuseumsuferTicket
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Museum Embankment

39 museums on the banks of the River Main and in the city centre

  • One of the most important and diverse museum locations in the world.

  • Huge variety of themes in a small area

  • Museums, parks and the banks of the River Main form a unique cultural landscape.

  • Architectural diversity: historic city villas, palaces and award-winning new constructions by Richard Meier (MAK) and others

  • Short distances between the museums

  • Inviting: Charming, stylish, cosy museum cafés
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"Art is for the people..."
...says Mirek Macke, head of the “Montez Family” art association in the East End. A typical Frankfurt location for culture enthusiasts, to relax and unwind.
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Musical landscape

Outstanding variety

  • Renowned concert halls and theatres with outstanding productions, such as the Alte Oper and Oper Frankfurt

  • Excellent orchestras

  • Unusual venues such as the Bockenheimer Depot or the Naxoshalle are stages for the performances of the Frankfurt Dresden Dance Company, among others.

  • Electronic music in clubs and in the world's only Museum of Modern Electronic Music (MOMEM)

  • Frankfurt is a city of jazz, the hr-Big Band is one of the few professional big bands in the world and host of the famous German Jazz Festival.

  • Vibrant creative scene and off-spaces, including the Kunstverein Familie Montez, ONO2, the Milchsackfabrik

  • Excellent independent theatres, variéte or dialect theatres such as the Käs, the Schmiere, the Stalburg Theatre

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