The Liebieghaus is a late nineteenth-century villa built in a palatial, historicist style, recognizable by its distinct castle-like architecture and the surrounding garden on the banks of the River Main. It was originally constructed in…
Museum Embankment Promenade
This walking route leads along the scenic banks of the River Main, showcasing Frankfurt's iconic Museumsufer and its world-class cultural row of historic villas and modern galleries.
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1. Liebieghaus
2. Städel Museum
The Städel Museum is recognizable by the prominent neo-Renaissance facade that rises along the south bank of the Main River, part of Frankfurt's famous Museum Embankment. Established in eighteen fifteen by the banker and spice merchant…
3. Café im Museum für Kommunikation
The Café im Museum für Kommunikation sits within a modern, transparent glass building that features a prominent, open-plan architectural design. Located on the southern bank of the River Main, known as the Museumsufer, this structure…
4. Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM)
The Deutsches Architekturmuseum, or DAM, is recognizable by the striking contrast between its historic facade and the radical transformation hidden inside. Located along the Museumsufer in Frankfurt, the building began as a…
5. German Film Museum
The German Film Museum sits along the Museumsufer, the stretch of museums lining the south bank of the River Main. You can identify the building by its exterior, which preserves the historical shell of a nineteen-ten Wilhelminian-style…
6. Museum of World Cultures
The Museum of World Cultures occupies three adjacent nineteenth-century villas along the Schaumainkai, a stretch of the riverbank known as the Museumsufer. Unlike many institutions that began as royal cabinets of curiosities, this museum…
7. Museum of Applied Arts
The Museum Angewandte Kunst appears as a series of bright, white, L-shaped cubes that wrap around a historic villa. Designed by American architect Richard Meier and opened in nineteen eighty-five, the structure integrates the neoclassicist…
8. Ikonenmuseum Frankfurt
The Ikonenmuseum occupies the former refectory of the Deutschordenshaus, a Baroque building standing near the Alte Brücke. You can identify this site by its location within this historic structure, which marks the eastern end of the…