Museumsufer Frankfurt (Museum Embankment)

Frankfurt’s museum scene is one of the largest and most varied in Germany. When Frankfurt was still a free imperial city and therefore possessed no royal collections, it was the responsibility of committed citizens and the city council alone to start a collection, make endowments and found a museum. Today, Frankfurt has many larger and smaller museums and exhibition halls of different sizes, from general art museums to small specialist collections. Twenty-six museums conveniently located in close proximity to each other and within walking-distance of the city centre form the heart of Frankfurt’s museum scene. You can find a representation of the museums on our city map.

The museums on the south bank
are located along the Schaumainkai.

• Bibelhaus Erlebnis Museum (Bible experience museum)
• Deutsches Architekturmuseum (German Architecture Museum)
• DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum (German Film Museum)
• Hindemith Kabinett im Kuhhirtenturm (Hindemith Institute Frankfurt)
• Ikonenmuseum Frankfurt (Icon Museum Frankfurt)
• Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung (Museum of Ancient Sculture)
• Museum Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts)
• Museum für Kommunikation (Museum of Communication)
• Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität
• Portikus
• Städel Museum
• Weltkulturen Museum (Museum of World Cultures)

Museums on the north bank
The northern bank opposite the Schaumainkai (Untermainkai) and the old town are also home to numerous cultural institutions.

• Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt
• Caricatura Museum Frankfurt
• Deutsches Romantik-Museum (German Romanticism Museum)
• Dommuseum Frankfurt
• Fotografie Forum Frankfurt
• Frankfurter Goethe-Haus / Freies Deutsches Hochstift
• Frankfurter Kunstverein (Frankfurt Art Association)
• Historisches Museum Frankfurt (Historical Museum Frankfurt)
• Institut für Stadtgeschichte (Institute for the history of Frankfurt)
• Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt (Jewish Museum Frankfurt)
• Jüdisches Museum / Museum Judengasse Frankfurt
• Junges Museum Frankfurt (Frankfurt Young Museum)
• MOMEM - Museum of Modern Electronic Music
• MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST
• MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST TOWER
• MUSEUM MMK FÜR MODERNE KUNST ZOLLAMT
• SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT
• Stoltze-Museum der Frankfurter Sparkasse
• Struwwelpeter Museum

The Expansion of the Museum Riverbank
For some years now, the umbrella brand Museum Riverbank, originally comprising museums on either side of the river Main and in immediately adjacent parts of the city, has also explicitly included institutions in other parts of Frankfurt, such as:

• Geldmuseum der Deutschen Bundesbank (Money Museum)
• Eintracht Frankfurt Museum
• Porzellan Museum Frankfurt
• Senckenberg Naturmuseum (Senckenberg Museum of National History)

and also outside Frankfurt:

• Deutsches Ledermuseum Offenbach
• Haus der Stadtgeschichte Offenbach
• Klingspor Museum Offenbach
• Museum Sinclair-Haus Bad Homburg

Frankfurt Package Deals
With our packages you can discover Frankfurt in a relaxed way: culturally with a visit to the museum or quite classically with green sauce and apple wine or boat trip and skyline view. You can choose your hotel from two categories, from luxury hotel to city hotel close to the city, everything is included.