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Please find the topics and dates of our public tours and city walks in the event calendar.
Our visitor service will be happy to advise you on booking group tours.

Information and registration

Monday to Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tel. ++49 (0)69-212-35154
Fax ++49 (0)69-212-42078
Email: besucherservice.historisches-museum(at)stadt-frankfurt.de

or use our inquiry form for guided tours.

Junger Mann betrachtet Ausstellungsstücke in 100xFrankfurt
100xFrankfurt, CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF
Mädchen betrachtet Kaiserkrone
Reichsinsignien, CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF
Junger Mann betrachtet Ausstellungsstücke in 100xFrankfurt Mädchen betrachtet Kaiserkrone


This tour takes you to famous, magnificent and unusual exhibition pieces, as well as architectural highlights throughout the Museum Quarter.

After visiting the "Staufer harbour", descend to the "Staufer Age", where you can have a look at the medieval city and the copy of the imperial insignia. Via the impressive wooden staircase dating back to 1842, you will reach the exhibition "Collectors and Donors". Here you will encounter the oldest collections of the city and its citizens. Under the museum forecourt you stand in front of the huge "snow globe" - decide which of the eight models of the city the robot should "serve" you. In the new exhibition house you experience the city history "Frankfurt Once?" with its five theme galleries. On level 3, the exhibition is dedicated to "Frankfurt Now!" the presence of our city and you can enjoy the fantastic views of the Römer and the Main. Optionally, you can finally climb the 500-year-old Rententurm (Toll Tower) and it will give you an idea of life and commerce on the Main.
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This tour is entirely dedicated  to the new exhibition house.

The prelude is a view of the huge "snow globe" with eight Frankfurt features that characterise the city. In the 2,000 m² exhibition "Frankfurt Once?" With its five theme galleries Townscapes, 100 x Frankfurt, Citizen's Town, Money Town and Global City, you will experience the city's history completely new and meet famous highlights from the collection of the HMF (again). In the attic, the exhibition "Frankfurt Now!" is dedicated to the present of our city. The 70 square meter artistic Frankfurt model was made specially for the museum. The artistic memory project "Library of Generations" has its own "house in the house". To round off the tour enjoy the fantastic view of the Römer and the Eiserner Steg (Iron Bridge).
Duration: approx. 90 minutes
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Englisches Monument
Das Englische Monument, CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF, Foto: Frank Plate
Radio der Marke Schaub Lorenz (Weekend T50L) von Giuseppe Bruno
Radio der Marke Schaub Lorenz (Weekend T50L) von Giuseppe Bruno, CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF, Foto: Horst Ziegenfusz
Englisches Monument Radio der Marke Schaub Lorenz (Weekend T50L) von Giuseppe Bruno

Frankfurt on the move - a city with a migrant background

Throughout the museum you will encounter exhibits that reflect the diversity of the city.
Immigration has been common in Frankfurt since the early Middle Ages: since the 12th century, the trade fair city on the Main ford has grown mainly due to its convenient location and fair trade. People came here or got stranded here. This was and is especially true for merchants, service providers and producers - as well as for refugees from near and far. Today, Frankfurt is the city of "superdiversity" in Germany. In no other German city this many people from different cultures live together - and all of them shape Frankfurt. The tour leads through the entire Museum Quarter: from the "Staufer Age" to the "Collector's Museum" to "Frankfurt Once?" and "Frankfurt Now!".
Duration: approx. 90 minutes
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Tisch mit Karteikarten des Auschwitzprozesse zu den SS-Angehörigen und den Zeugen
Tisch mit Karteikarten des Auschwitzprozesse zu den SS-Angehörigen und den Zeugen © Fritz Bauer Institut, Frankfurt am Main, Foto: Horst Ziegenfusz
Das Foto zeigt einen Römerbergring von 1937.
Römerbergring, 1937 CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF, Foto: Horst Ziegenfusz
Tisch mit Karteikarten des Auschwitzprozesse zu den SS-Angehörigen und den Zeugen Das Foto zeigt einen Römerbergring von 1937.

Ingratiation and recent evaluation - Frankfurt and the National Socialism

The History of Frankfurt during National Socialism (1933-1945) is present in all permanent exhibitions.


The selected exhibits are spread out over the entire Museum Quarter. It becomes apparent how quickly the formerly liberal Frankfurt joined the Nazi ideology. Municipal offices, companies and research institutions were involved in racial ideology, war and mass murder. You will encounter personal destinies and memories of contemporary witnesses of the NS. Particularly impressive are the exhibits which testify to the destruction of the Frankfurt city center by the Allied air raids, but also evidence of the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials (1963-68). Two stations in the collector's museum show the involvement of the museum itself with Nazi history.
Duration: approx. 90 minutes
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Ein Foto zeigt die Reichsinsignien, Krone und Zepter, in der Dauerausstellung Stauferzeit.
Die Reichsinsignien in der Dauerausstellung Stauferzeit CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF, Foto: Petra Welzel
Ein Besucher blickt auf den Stauferhafen.
Stauferhafen CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF
Ein Foto zeigt die Reichsinsignien, Krone und Zepter, in der Dauerausstellung Stauferzeit. Ein Besucher blickt auf den Stauferhafen.

Visiting the Staufer Age – Frankfurt develops into a city

The tour takes place in the basement of the Saalhof.

Medieval Frankfurt is brought back to life over 250 m² of floor space. Archaeological finds and objects made of metal, signets etc., as well as a large model, show the development of the Staufer period in Frankfurt. Through the remains of the old city wall from the 13th century and Late Middle Ages, past a fountain and a few water pipes made of wood and stone, visitors can look down into an open canal, which has been providing drainage out of the city centre since the Staufer period.
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Giebel der Goldenen Waage
Giebel Goldene Waage CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF, Foto: Uwe Dettmar
Detailaufnahme Goldene Waage
Goldene Waage CC-BY-SA 4.0: HMF, Foto: Uwe Dettmar
Giebel der Goldenen Waage Detailaufnahme Goldene Waage

Frankfurt has recovered one of the most beautiful half-timbered buildings from the Renaissance!

The HMF has furnished the two upper floors of the front building with furniture, paintings and everyday objects from the 17th and 18th centuries in the way the wealthy merchant family van Hamel might have lived in, who had the house built in 1618. These stylish rooms can only be visited on a guided tour. The meeting point is in the foyer of the Historical Museum Frankfurt. There you will first go to the exhibition called "Altstadt-Drama", where you will learn more about the eventful history of the house in the context of the history of Frankfurt's old town.From there the path leads to the splendidly reconstructed Old Town House with its stylish rooms. The highlight is the "Belvederchen" with its view of the cathedral and the surrounding roofs.

Note: In the Goldene Waage there is a cloakroom only for jackets / coats and smaller bags. Larger bags must be deposited in the lockers in the Historical Museum Frankfurt.
Please also note that the Belvedere cannot be visited as part of the guided tour during the winter months. You will be informed of this by our visitor service.

Duration: about 90 minutes
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