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E Jüdisches Museum E Kunsthalle Schirn E Museum für P Liebieghaus
Untermainkai 14–15. Tel (069) 21 23 50 Römerberg 6. Tel (069) 299 88 20. Angewandte Kunst Schaumainkai 71. Tel (069) 605 098
00. Open 10am–5pm Tue, Thu–Sun, Open 10am–7pm Tue, Fri–Sun, 10am– Schaumainkai 17. Tel (069) 21 23 12 86. 200. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun (to
10am–8pm Wed). & 10pm Wed & Thu. & ∑ schirn.de Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun (to 8pm 9pm Thu). & ∑ liebieghaus.de
∑ juedischesmuseum.de One of Europe’s most prestigious Wed). & ∑ museumangewandte Built for the Czech industri alist
The Jewish community of exhibition buildings, the kunst.de Baron Heinrich Liebieg in 1896,
Frankfurt was the second largest Kunsthalle opened in 1986. It The Museum of Applied Arts today this building houses a
in Germany, after that of Berlin. hosts temporary art exhibitions was opened in 1983, in a museum of sculpture, with
This museum, in the former featuring archaeological themes building designed by Richard works ranging from antiquity
Rothschild Palace, documents and the work of old masters and Meier. He used a Biedermeier through to Mannerism, Baroque
their rich cultural heritage. contemporary artists. house, the Villa Metzler, and and Rococo. The museum also
added a modern wing. The has superb examples of ancient
R St Leonhardskirche R Kaiserdom museum has a collection of Egyptian and Far Eastern art, as
Am Leonhardstor 25. Tel (069) 297 03 Domplatz 14. Tel (069) 297 03 20. some 30,000 objects of applied well as works from the Middle
20. Open 9am–noon & 4–6pm Mon & Open 8am–8pm daily (from noon Fri; art from Europe and Asia. Ages and the Renaissance. Its
Tue, 9am–noon & 4–5pm Wed & Thu, from 9am Sat & Sun). Dommuseum: Nearby, in a villa in highlights are the works of Neo­
9am–noon Fri. Tel (069) 13 37 61 84. Open 10am– Schaumainkai, is the small Classical masters such as Antonio
Close to the banks of the Main, 5pm Tue–Fri, 11am–5pm Sat & Sun. & Hollein’s modern design, housing the but fascinating Museum der Canova, Bertel Thorwaldsen and
the church of St Leonhard is a fine The early-Gothic Alte Nikolaikirche, in ∑ dommuseum-frankfurt.de Museum für Moderne Kunst Weltkulturen (ethnography Johann Heinrich Dannecker.
example of Gothic and Frankfurt’s Römerberg Near the archaeological park, museum), which is worth a visit.
Romanesque architecture. A five- where the ruins of a Carolin gian and includes works by Roy
naved hall-church with an a fascinating model of the fortress have been unearthed, Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and E Deutsches
elongated choir, it was built in medieval town, a collection of stands the imperial cathedral, Claes Oldenburg. Temporary Architekturmuseum
stages in the 13th and 15th local prehistoric finds and sev eral used for the coronation of exhibitions focus on multimedia Schaumainkai 43. Tel (069) 21 23 88
centuries. Its many treasures decorative architectural frag- German kings from 1356, shows, incorporating photo­ 44. Open 11am–6pm Tue, Thu–Sun,
include a copy of Leonardo da ments from buildings that were and of Holy Roman Emperors graphy and video art. 11am–8pm Wed. & ∑ dam-
Vinci’s Last Supper by Hans destroyed during World War II. from 1562. The cathedral, online.de
Holbein the Elder, from 1501. The adjacent building is the dedicated to St Bartholomew P Ikonen-Museum One of the most interesting
Next to it is St Mary’s altar, created Saalhof, which dates back to the and Charlemagne, was built Brückenstraße 3–7. Tel (069) 21 23 62 museums in the Schaumainkai
by master craftsmen from time of the Emperor Fried rich I between the 13th and 15th 62. Open 11am–6pm Tue–Sun. & complex is undoubtedly the
Antwerp in 1515–20. On the Barbarossa (1122–90). New centuries on the site of a The museum of icons holds museum of architecture, in an
north wall of the choir is a fresco exhibition rooms are expected Carolingian chapel. It has several an extensive collection of avant­garde building designed
depicting the Tree of Life and the to open during 2017. priceless masterpieces of Gothic Russian­Orthodox icons from by Oswald Mathias Ungers. The
Apostles (1536) by Hans Dietz. art, including the magnificent the 16th–19th centuries. It is museum has a permanent
R Alte Nikolaikirche 15th-century Maria-Schlaf-Altar housed in the Deutschordens­ collection as well as tempor ary
E Historisches Museum Römerberg 11. Tel (069) 28 42 35. and a high altar dating from the haus, originally built in 1709– exhibitions concentrating
Fahrtor 2 (Römerberg). Tel (069) 21 23 Open Apr–Oct: 10am–8pm daily; Nov– second half of the 15th century. 15 by Maximilian von Welsch mainly on developments in
55 99. Open 10am–5pm Tue, Thu–Sun, Mar: 10am–6pm daily. The choir has original 14th- for the Order of the Teutonic 20th­century architecture. The Liebieghaus, home of the museum
10am–9pm Wed. & ∑ historisches- This twin-naved church was century stalls; above these Knights. The present building Nearby, at No 41 of sculpture
museum.frankfurt.de consecrated in 1290. Used as there is a fresco painted in 1427 is a faithful copy of the earlier Schaumainkai, is the Deutsches
The building housing the a court church until the late which depicts scenes from Baroque three­wing structure, Filmmuseum, which holds E Naturmuseum
history museum was finished in 15th century, it now serves a the life of St Bartholomew. which was destroyed during documents and objects relating Senckenberg
1972. The museum has an inter- Lutheran congregation. Its The Dom’s huge tower affords World War II. Inside is the to the art of film making and Senckenberganlage 25. Tel (069) 754
esting display of items relating many statues of St Nicholas some magnificent views of 14th­century Teutonic Church the development of film 20. Open 9am–5pm Mon, Tue, Thu
to Frankfurt’s history, including (Santa Claus) are popular. the town. While in the cloisters of St Mary, with original altars technology. The museum has its & Fri, 9am–8pm Wed, 9am–6pm
is the Dom museum which and 14th­ to 17th­century own cinema, which shows old Sat & Sun. & ∑ senckenberg.de
has an interesting collection wall paintings. and often long­forgotten films. This museum, situated
of liturgical objects, sacred art near the university, is one
and precious artifacts. of the best natural history
museums in Germany.
E Museum für Moderne Besides a vast collection
Kunst (MMK) of plants and animals,
Domstraße 10. Tel (069) 21 23 04 47. including dinosaur skeletons,
Open 10am–6pm Tue & Thu–Sun, it contains human and animal
10am–8pm Wed. & ∑ mmk- mummies from Egypt.
frankfurt.de
The modern art museum Environs
occupies a building that looks Hanau, 30 km (19 miles)
like a slice of cake. It was east of Frankfurt, is the birth­
designed by Hans Hollein place of the Grimm brothers.
in 1989–92. The museum’s An exhibition devoted to their
collection represents all the lives and work is held at the
major artistic trends from the local history museum, in
The magnificent late-Gothic high altar in the Kaiserdom 1960s until the present day, The Deutsches Architekturmuseum, in Schaumainkai Philippsruhe, a Baroque palace.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp499–500 and pp525–6

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