Museumsufer (Museum Embankment) is the name of a landscape of museums in

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, Germany, lined up on both banks of the river Main or in close vicinity. The centre is the art museum

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. The other museums were added, partly by transforming historic villas, partly by building new museums, in the 1980s by cultural politician Hilmar Hoffmann. The exhibition hall

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was opened on an island at the Alte Brücke in 2006. , 39 museums belong to the Museumsufer.

History

The idea for a group of different museums in Frankfurt was proposed in 1977 by Hilmar Hoffmann, who was then as ''Kulturdezernent'' responsible for culture in the city.''Frankfurter Wochenschau'' of 1 February 1977 Before, architect had proposed a concept to the forum for development (''Frankfurter Forum für Stadtentwicklung''). Between 1980 and 1990, existing museums were expanded and many new ones built, often including historic villas. Architects included internationally known

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and Hans Hollein. Beginning in 2008, Frankfurt has restored and expanded some of its museums. The

was expanded by an annex, and the Film Museum was renovated.

South bank

* , ( Hindemith Kabinett) * , housing one of the largest collections of Russian, Bulgarian, Greek and other

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s in Germany * Museum Angewandte Kunst (Museum Applied Arts), housing furniture and design from the 10th to 21st century with a notable collection of East Asian applied arts * Museum der Weltkulturen (Ethnological Museum), displaying a small part of an ethnological collection in changing exhibitions. * (German Film Museum), explaining the development of movie-making from the beginnings in the 19th century up until today, includes an art house cinema * Deutsches Architekturmuseum (German Architecture Museum), apart from a small permanent collection, changing exhibitions showcase current architectural projects and trends from around the globe. * Museum für Kommunikation (Communication Museum). The large permanent collection displays various relics from the postal and telephone services, including one of the world's largest stamp collections and a collection of communication related art; temporary exhibitions focus more on the abstract phenomenon of communication. *

, one of Germany's prominent fine art museums with a focus on old masters and classical modern art * Liebieghaus, a sculpture collection, focusing mainly on sculpture from ancient Greece until the renaissance days * Museum Giersch, showcasing a small permanent collection of local 19th-century artists and houses temporary exhibition on artists that have a (loose) connection to the Frankfurt region *

, a small free exhibition space showing temporary exhibitions of contemporary art *

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Museum ( Waldstadion) Museums located in

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: *

German Leather Museum The German Leather Museum (''Deutsches Ledermuseum''), located in Offenbach am Main Offenbach am Main () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Hesse, Germany, on the left bank of the river Main (river), Main. It borders Frankfurt an ...

* Klingspor Museum, book and letter art

Gallery South bank

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North bank

* Jewish Museum Frankfurt. The permanent collection gives an overview of the varied fate of Frankfurt's Jewish community through the centuries. Temporary exhibitions focus on contemporary Jewish life and art. * Historical Museum, displaying artefacts off the city's history from Roman times until today, some very prominent old master paintings and sculptures and various temporary exhibitions * Caricatura Museum, comic art Museums located in the

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but not right on the river bank: * Schirn * Museum für Moderne Kunst * Part of the Jewish museum in the Frankfurter Judengasse * in the * Deutsches Romantik-Museum / Goethe House Museums located in Westend, Frankfurt: *

Naturmuseum Senckenberg The Naturmuseum Senckenberg () is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main. It is the second-largest of its kind in Germany. In 2010, almost 517,000 people visited the museum, which is owned by the Senckenberg Nature Research S ...

Gallery North bank

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Events

The street on the south is called Schaumainkai and is often partially closed to traffic for Frankfurt's largest

flea market A flea market (or swap meet) is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously owned (secondhand) goods. This type of market is often seasonal. However, in recent years there has been the development of 'formal' ...

each Saturday. Two festivals focus on the Museumsufer, the "Nacht der Museen" (Night of the Museums) when several museums open at night, and the (Museumsufer Festival) in August.

Tickets

* MuseumsuferTicket (2 days) * MuseumsuferCard (1 year)

Panorama

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References

External links

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