Museumsufer

The beginning on Brückenstrasse

The middle part, east and west of the Swiss road

The end piece to the Giersch Museum

As Museumsuferfest in is Frankfurt , the location of a group of 15 museums called, all located in the immediate vicinity of the Main are.

history

The idea of ​​collecting different museums was propagated by the then Frankfurt culture department, Hilmar Hoffmann, in the local election campaign in 1977 , after corresponding suggestions had been developed earlier in specialist circles. In 1973, the architect Till Behrens introduced his “ Green Belt-Mainufer-Concept ” to the Frankfurt Forum for Urban Development . Between 1980 and 1990, the existing museums were expanded and new ones built under the leadership of Roland Burgard, who later became the head of the building construction department in Frankfurt . Former patrician villas were partially converted or new buildings designed. Architects such as Richard Meier , Oswald Mathias Ungers , Josef Paul Kleihues , Günter Behnisch and Hans Hollein were responsible for the designs .

The city has been renovating and expanding some of its museums since 2008. The Städel received an extension. The film museum was also renovated. The old buildings of the Historical Museum have also already been reopened.

In October 2007, around 30 Frankfurt museums merged under the word and image brand “Museumsufer Frankfurt”. Similar to “MQ” for the Vienna Museum Quarter or the “ Museum Island” Berlin, this should become an established term for Frankfurt as a museum location. The logo symbolizes the seven bridges that span the Main on the Museum Embankment. With the “Museum Bank Ticket” and the “Museum Bank Card”, the association offers discounts in the 34 participating museums.

Museums

Nine museums are lined up on the southern bank of the Main in Sachsenhausen between the Eiserner Steg and the Friedensbrücke on the Schaumainkai . These are listed down the main:

• Icon Museum at the Teutonic Order Church (Brückenstraße / Deutschherrnufer)
• Museum of Applied Arts (formerly: Museum of Arts and Crafts) with the Villa Metzler
• Museum of World Cultures (formerly: Völkerkundemuseum, now own name: Weltkulturen Museum.)
• German Film Museum
• German Architecture Museum
• Museum for Communication (formerly: Bundespostmuseum)
• Städelsches Kunstinstitut (own name: Städel Museum)
• Liebieghaus (Museum of old plastic)
• Museum Giersch (Museum of Art of the Region)

The Jewish Museum on Untermainkai and the Historical Museum in the old town on Mainkai are located on the north bank of the Main in the city ​​center . A little further from the banks of the Main in the old town are the Schirn Art Gallery , the Museum of Modern Art , the Museum Judengasse and the Archaeological Museum in the Carmelite Monastery . The Neuer Portikus exhibition hall was opened in 2006 on the Main Island by the Alte Brücke .

Events

The Museumsuferfest has been held every year on the last weekend in August since 1988. The Long Night of Museums has been held annually in spring since 2000.

See also

• Culture in Frankfurt am Main

literature

• Roland Burgard : Das Museumsufer Frankfurt: Architects and Buildings , Basel, Verlag Birkhäuser 2020. ISBN 978-3-0356-1881-5

supporting documents

1. ^ Frankfurter Wochenschau from February 1, 1977
2. ↑ Art dates. (pdf) 2009, accessed on November 16, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Frankfurt's museums are currently booming. In: Frankfurt.de. August 22, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2012 . 
4. ↑ The logo. In: The culture portal of the city of Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved November 16, 2012 . 
5. ↑ MuseumsuferTicket. In: Museum embankment web portal. Retrieved November 16, 2012 . 
6. ↑ MuseumsuferCard. In: museumsufercard.de. Retrieved November 16, 2012 . 

Web links

Commons : Museumsufer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Museumsufer Frankfurt - Website of the city of Frankfurt am Main

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 21.6 "  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 42.9"  E