Historical museum, Frankfurt

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The Historisches Museum seen from the air
The Historisches Museum seen from the air
The entrance on Frankfurt's central square, the Römerberg
The entrance on Frankfurt's central square, the Römerberg
The portrait of Charlemagne in front of the Historisches Museum
The portrait of Charlemagne in front of the Historisches Museum

The Historical Museum (German: Historisches Museum) in Frankfurt am Main was founded in 1878, and includes cultural and historical objects relating to the city's history. It moved into the Saalhof in 1955, and a new extension was opened in 1972.

[edit] Collection

The museum's collection is displayed in several permanent chronological exhibitions: Mediaeval Frankfurt, the Late Middle Ages, the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, the nineteenth-century city, and its history as a metropolis from 1866 to 2001. Special exhibitions are also on display.

A highlight of the museum is the Truener Brothers' model of the old town (Altstadt), showing how it looked before World War II bombing (view from the south). Hermann (1876-1962) and Robert Treuner (1877-1948) built it between 1926 and 1955.
A highlight of the museum is the Truener Brothers' model of the old town (Altstadt), showing how it looked before World War II bombing (view from the south). Hermann (1876-1962) and Robert Treuner (1877-1948) built it between 1926 and 1955.

[edit] Important artworks

St. Anne altarpiece from the Carmelite church in Frankfurt by an unknown artist around 1500

The Heller Altarpice (1508) from the Dominican cloister in Frankfurt by Albrecht Dürer

The Reconciliation of Emperor Otto I with his brother Heinrich in 941 in Frankfurt am Main (1840) by Alfred Rethel
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