Städel Museum
One of Germany's most important art museums, spanning 700 years of European painting, from Vermeer, Rembrandt and Dürer to modern art.
The Städel Museum sits on the south bank of the River Main in the Museumsufer (Museum Embankment). It was founded in 1815 through a donation from banker Johann Friedrich Städel and is Germany's oldest museum foundation. The collection ranges from 14th-century Old Masters to contemporary art. Highlights include Vermeer's The Geographer, works by Rembrandt, a portrait of a woman by Botticelli, Dürer, Cranach's Venus, and Tischbein's famous Goethe in the Roman Campagna. Impressionism and German Expressionism are also well represented. The circular skylight lawn in the underground extension is a trendy photo spot. The museum is closed on Mondays and open until 21:00 on Thursdays. Admission costs about 16-19 euros, with discounts on Tuesday afternoons (check the official website for details). Allow 2-3 hours. More than ten museums line the Museum Embankment, including the Film Museum and the Architecture Museum, and a Museum Embankment pass covers them all. It is about a 15-minute walk from the Old Town across the iron bridge.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00; Thursdays until 21:00; closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum
- Jewish Museum Frankfurt
- Deutsches Filmmuseum (DFF)
- Museum Angewandte Kunst
- Goethe House
- Main Tower
- Eiserner Steg
- St. Paul's Church (Paulskirche)