Museums

Museum of Modern Art

Founded in 1981, the latest addition to Frankfurt's museum world was baptized the "Tortenstück" (slice of cake) by locals, due to its triangular shape. The museum, designed by the Austrian architect Hans Hollein, exhibits modern art paintings, sculptures and environments by famous American and European artists such as Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, Walter De Maria, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Blinky Palermo, Reiner Ruthenbeck and Franz Erhard Walther.

Admission: 10 DM; children/students, 5 DM

type:	Museums
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address:	10 Domstrasse
url:	www.frankfurt-business.de
openings:	Tue, Thu - Sun 10am - 5pm, Wed 10am - 8 pm
tel:	+49 (0)69 21 23 04

German Architecture Museum

No permanent collection, just temporary exhibitions, so they quality of the shows they have vary a lot. It can be very disappointing. Admission 8 DM. Student reduction.

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address:	Schaumainkai 41
tel:	+49 (0)69 21 23 88

Staedel Art Museum

Staedel Museum
photo by: Richard Osinga

With a world-class collection of paintings, ranging from Boticelli to Vemeer, this is must see. They have a particular good Holbein collection too. No wonder, Hans Holbein is native of Frankfurt. Entrance fee: 8 DM, Wednesday night free.

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address:	Schaumainkai 63
url:	www.staedel.de
openings:	Tuesday to Sunday from 10 to 5, Wednesday to 8pm
tel:	+49 (0)69 68 20 98

Historical Museum

The Museum gives an interesting view into life in Frankfurt in the Middle Ages. The scale model of the city centre as it used to be attracts both locals and visitors.

type:	Museums
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address:	Saalgasse 19
tel:	+49 (0)69 21 23 59

Icon Museum

Good collection of mostly Russion icons (religious paintings). Admission fee 2 DM.

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address:	Brueckenstrasse 3-7
tel:	+49 (0)69 21 23 62
openings:	closed on Mondays

Jewish Museum

Frankfurt had one of the largest Jewish communities in Western Europe before WW II. There is a museum, a Jewish alley and a monument. The museum is located in the former palace of the Rothschildt family and gives an impressive oversight. The annex is the Judengasse, or Jewish street, where one can see the remains of the Jewish ghetto destroyed by the Nazi's. Nearby is the memorial that commemorates the Jews murdered by the Nazi regime.

Telefax: 069-212-30705 eMail: info@juedischesmuseum.de

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address:	Untermainkai 14
tel:	+49 (0)69 212 350 00

Goethe House

The Goethe House is in honour of the famous German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Most of the furniture is not original but just reproduction. It was reconstructed after World War II true to the style of Goethe’s time.

Museum Judengasse/Boerneplatz

This small museum is an annexe of the Jewish Museum of the City of Frankfurt am Main. Here you wil find architectural remains of the old Jewish quarter, the attached exhibition illustrates the street's history.

Admission: 3 DM; children/students, 1.50 DM.

Postal Museum

Admission is free to this museum which is mostly of interest to the filatelist. They have the collection of the former Reichspostmuseum in Berlin.