History museums in Frankfurt

The Naturmuseum Senckenberg (Senckenberg Natural History Museum) is the largest museum of natural sciences in Germany, located in Frankfurt and housed in a building that was built between 1904 and 1907. The Naturmuseum Senckenberg holds the largest collection of large dinosaurs in Europe. One specif

The German Film Museum (Deutsches Filmmuseum) is one of seven film museums in Germany. The museum is located in Frankfurt and housed in a listed historic villa. The German Film Museum is dedicated to film. The origins of the film, its development and future are the theme of the permanent exhibition,

The Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt (Museum of Communication Frankfurt) is a museum in Frankfurt that is dedicated to communication. The main exhibition of the museum is located on the underground level of the modern building. Here the history of the development and spread of various methods of c

The Goethe House is a writer's house museum in Frankfurt. The Goethe House was the residence of the Goethe family until 1795. When the house was bought by geologist Otto Volger in 1863, it got restored to the condition the Goethe family had left it in. The house was destroyed during World War II, bu

The Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main (Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt) is the oldest independent Jewish Museum in Germany. The museum collects, preserves and communicates the nine-hundred-year-old Jewish history and culture of Frankfurt from a European perspective. It includes a permanent exhibition in tw

The Struwwelpeter Museum is a museum in Frankfurt that is dedicated to the favourite fairytale figure 'Shockheaded Peter' and its author Heinrich Hoffmann. Books, images, and other documents tell the story of Hoffmann’s multifaceted life and career.

The German Architecture Museum (Deutsches Architekturmuseum) is a museum in Frankfurt, that is housed in an 18th-century building with re-designed interior by Oswald Mathias Ungers from 1984. The museum holds a collection of around 180,000 architectural drawings and 600 models. The collection includ

The Frankfurt Archaeological Museum (Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt) is a museum in Frankfurt in Germany housed in the former Carmelite monastery that illustrates the history of Frankfurt in archaeologically relevant periods. In addition, it has an exhibition of the Middle East and objects from an

The Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main (Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt) is the oldest independent Jewish Museum in Germany. The museum collects, preserves and communicates the nine-hundred-year-old Jewish history and culture of Frankfurt from a European perspective. It includes a permanent exhibition in tw

The Ernst May Haus & Museum is a small museum in Frankfurt that is dedicated to German architect and city planner Ernst May. The museum displays his works.

The Historical Museum (Historisches Museum) is a museum in Frankfurt am Main that holds and exhibits cultural and historical objects relating to the history of Frankfurt and Germany. These objects are displayed in permanent chronological exhibitions, namely: Medieval Frankfurt, the Late Middle Ages,

The Heimatmuseum in Frankfurt is a local history museum dedicated to the local history in Frankfurt and its region.

The Bibelhaus (the Bible House) is a museum in Frankfurt dedicated to the most printed and successful book in the world. In the Bibelhaus visitors embark on a journey into the world of the Bible and its millennia-old history. Four experience spaces are each dedicated to different aspects: Living Wor