Museums

Museumsufer

One of Germany's best cultural treasures is the Museumsufer an embankment that stretches between the Friedensbrücke bridge in the west to Dreikönigskirche church in the east. The strip holds thirteen of the city's museums, all located in restored villas dating back to the 1800s.

The Deutsches Filmmuseum is considered by many film historians and movie enthusiasts to be the finest film museum in the country. Exhibits display the development of a film studio and the process of making a film from the planning stage to the wrap session. Highlights include a copy of the Lumiere brothers' work, the 'magic carpet' and Edison's Kinetoscope.

Other museums along this strip include the Museum of Applied Art, the Jewish Museum, museum of ethnology, icon museum and the Architecture Museum.

Museum für Moderne Kunst

The triangular Museum for Modern Art , is dubbed as a hi tech slice of cake by locals. It has permanent and temporary exhibitions of modern art. The permanent collection contains works by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg and Joseph Beuys. It also gives local and national artists an opportunity to exhibit their work. It receives criticism the setting being more than the worth of its exhibits.

Historisches Museum

This museum just south of Römerberg at Saalgasse is definitely worth visiting. Here you'll learn a little history, the royal roots of the city, growth and prosperity during hte medieval era and the destruction of the city in the war. The top display in the foyer is a permanent model of Frankfurt in the Middle Ages. Built by the Treuner brothers, the detail of the city centre is spectacular. In the same foyer is another model of the ruins of the city after the war in 1945.

Jewish Museums

The city has two notable museums on Jewish life in Frankfurt which call attention to the fact that the Jewish community here, with 35,000 people, was once one of the largest in Europe. Exhibits present a remarkable look at the lives, history and culture of the Jews. A testament to the people, the depictions are moving with good detail on well known Frankfurt Jews persecuted, murdered or exiled by the Nazis. There are also a few religious items on display.

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