World City Guide

Further Distractions

Jdisches-Museum (Jewish Museum)
Until the Holocaust, Frankfurt was home to Germany’s second largest Jewish population, many of whom played a key role in the city’s financial and cultural success. The story of this important community from the 12th to the 20th century, is told in the Jewish Museum, housed in the Rothschild Palais (a mansion that was the former home of the Rothschilds). The remains of Mikvah (women’s ceremonial baths) in the former Jewish ghetto and special exhibitions are displayed in the supplementary Judengasse Museum (Jewish Alley Museum).

Untermainkai 14-15
Tel: (069) 2123 5000. Fax: (069) 2123 0705.
E-mail: info@juedischenmuseum.de
Website: www.juedischesmuseum.de
Transport: U-Bahn Willy-Brandt-Platz; tram 11 or 12 to Willy-Brandt-Platz.
Opening hours: Tues, Thurs-Sun 1000-1700, Wed 1000-2000.
Admission: 2.60; 3 (combined ticket with Judengasse Museum); concessions available; free Sat.

Judengasse Museum
Brneplatz, Kurt-Schzumacher-Strasse 10
Tel: (069) 297 7419. Fax: (069) 2123 0705.
E-mail: info@juedischenmuseum.de
Website: www.juedischesmuseum.de
Transport: U-Bahn/S-Bahn Konstablerwache; bus 30 or 36 to Brneplatz; tram 11 or 12 to Brneplatz.
Admission: 1.50; 3 (combined ticket with Jewish Museum); concessions available; free Sat.

Historisches Museum (Historical Museum)
The Historical Museum is housed in a complex of imperial buildings overlooking the Main, which also includes the 12th-century palace chapel. The museum traces the story of Frankfurt – including its destruction in World War II – and visitors can learn about the traditions of ppelwoi in the museum caf. There are guided tours on Wednesday at 1800 and Sunday and 1400.

Saalgasse 19
Tel: (069) 2123 5599. Fax: (069) 2123 0702.
E-mail: info.historisches-museum@stadt-frankfurt.de
Website: www.historisches-museum.frankfurt.de
Transport: U-Bahn Rmer; tram 11 or 12 to Rmer.
Opening hours: Tues, Thurs and Fri 1000-1700, Wed 1600-2000, Sat and Sun 1300-1700.
Admission: 4.

Geldmuseum der Deutschen Budesbank (Money Museum of the German Federal Bank)
The Money Museum is a sign of the changing times. In this Deutsche Bundesbank building, an extensive historical collection of coins and paper money has finally been made accessible to the public. The museum also explains the complex nature of monetary policy – especially the new European system – using films, challenging computer games and interactive teaching programmes.

Wilhelm Epsteinstrasse 14
Tel: (069) 9566 3073. Fax: (069) 9566 4059.
E-mail: geldmuseum@bundesbank.de
Website: www.geldmuseum.de
Transport: U-Bahn Dornbusch; S-Bahn Hauptwache; bus 34 to Deutsche Bundesbank.
Opening hours: Mon, Tues and Thurs-Sun 1000-1700, Wed 1300-2100.
Admission: Free.

Haus Giersch Museum Regionaler Kunst (Haus Giersch Museum of Regional Art)
This newcomer on the Frankfurt museum scene is devoted to work from artists from the Rhine-Main region and is a wonderful way for culture-keen visitors to get a taste of the regional artistic fare. Taking its place alongside Frankfurt’s finest institutions on Museumsufer, the bright, airy and thoroughly contemporary gallery hosts two changing exhibitions on art and art-historical themes. The one constant exhibit is the building itself, the neoclassical Villa Holzmann.

Schaumainkai 83, Museumsufer
Tel: (069) 6330 4128. Fax: (069) 6330 4144.
E-mail: haus-giersch@schaumainkai.de
Website: www.haus-giersch.de
Transport: U-Bahn Schweizer Platz; tram 15 or 16 to Stresemannallee, Gartenstrasse or Otto-Hahn-Platz; bus 46 to Stresemannallee, Gartenstrasse or Stdel.
Opening hours: Tues-Fri 1200-1900, Sat and Sun 1100-1700.
Admission: 4 (concessions available).