Hammer Museum Frankfurt

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The Hammer Museum in Frankfurt am Main was a collection of hammers that were on display there.

The collection

The artist Oskar Mahler had put together the collection that could be viewed in the gallery on the first floor in the Lenz shoemaker's shop . The exhibition was not prepared didactically, Mahler himself spoke of a museum under construction (“work in progress”). Hammers from all eras and for all conceivable uses were brought together. The variety of hammer shapes is almost inexhaustible. The collection also contained specimens whose function no one could explain.

After the hammer museum in Hanover , it was the second largest hammer collection in Germany, and the presentation was unique in the world because it also integrated the fine arts. Here were other Man Ray , Marcel Duchamp , Andy Warhol and Louise Nevelson quoted and made references to other museums of Frankfurt. Sculptures made by Oskar Mahler on the subject of the hammer and the striking effect were also exhibited there.

The museum opened on August 8, 2005 and closed on March 28, 2019.

The place

The museum was located in the Lenz shoemaker's shop at Münchener Strasse 36 and thus in the Frankfurt train station district . It gave the quarter with its problematic image an impulse to create a lively place in a culturally underserved location and to make the station district attractive for those interested in culture.

closure

Due to static problems of the Wilhelminian style building, the museum closed on March 28, 2019. Before that, the number of simultaneous visitors had to be limited to 15 and the exhibition of new exhibits had to be dispensed with for reasons of weight. In addition, it was not possible to create barrier-free access.

Web links

Commons : Hammermuseum Frankfurt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Out after 14 years: Hammer Museum must go. In: image . January 4, 2019, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Isabel Hempen: An institution closes: The Hammer Museum is looking for a new location. In: Journal Frankfurt . January 3, 2019, accessed January 4, 2019 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 26.5 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 4.9 ″  E