About the museum
The guiding principle of the museum
The HISTORICAL MUSEUM FRANKFURT is the city’s oldest museum, collecting and preserving, researching, conveying and exhibiting Frankfurt's cultural heritage. As a city museum it is a centre of knowledge and critical information, reflection and discussion on the past, present and future of Frankfurt; as a history museum it links local town issues with broader social history.
The museum is open to everyone. Its Young Museum offers opportunities tailored specifically to families and schools. The museum draws upon the wealth of experience and knowledge from Frankfurt’s people and their guests, working in a participatory and inclusive manner. It invites everyone living in the city to participate in the museum as a cultural forum and help shape it. Multiple perspectives and diversity play a central role in this context. The diversity of urban society is reflected in its collections, exhibitions and communication.
Based on current topics of debates, historical objects are scientifically researched and linked to subjective stories and points of view; this includes all relevant artistic, city-researching as well as everyday-life perspectives. Additional museum objectives include expanding and consolidating its digital strategy and its networks within the city and the region.
Our museum team fosters a cooperative and respectful working environment. Together with the colleagues of the Young Museum and the Porcelain Museum, we form a team comprised of diverse expert skills that complement each other and allow for differing views. The museum team is active in international museum networks. We are an open-minded and learning institution: we are curious, work on an interdisciplinary basis, and confront the challenges of a constantly changing urban society.
The museum family
The Junges Museum Frankfurt (Young Museum) shows interactive exhibitions created especially for young people aged 6 to 14. The Porzellan Museum in the Kronberger Haus in Höchst has been presenting around 1,800 Höchst faiences and porcelain since 1994, mainly from the Rococo and Neoclassical periods.
Volunteer
The museum sees itself as a forum for topics of the urban society and contributes to the understanding of the present and future of the city. With its participatory orientation, the Historical Museum takes the wealth of experience and knowledge of its visitors seriously and gives them space in the museum.
The team
Directorate
Dr. Jan Gerchow
Director
Tel +49 69 212-33371
jan.gerchow(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Wolfgang P. Cilleßen
Deputy Director
Curator of graphics/paper, paintings and sculpture collections
Tel +49 69 212-36721
wolfgang.cillessen(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Heidrun Czarnecki
Secretary to the Director
Tel +49 69 212-37773
heidrun.czarnecki(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Museum Communication
Karin BerríoManagement Museum Communication
Tel +49 69 212-37776
karin.berrio(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Visitor service and renting
Sandra BaetzelEvent management and visitor’s service
Tel +49 69 212-31672
sandra.baetzel(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Susanne Angetter
Visitor’s service, information and booking tours
Tel +49 69 212-35154
besucherservice.historisches-museum(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
susanne.angetter(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Tanja Martinho Alves
Visitor’s service
Tel. +49 69 212-73072
besucherservice.historisches-museum(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
tanja.martinhoalves(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Krasimira Peneva
Reception and ticket desk
Tel +49 69 212-35599
krasimira.peneva(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Curators
Ann-Kathrin Agethen
Scientific trainee
Tel +49 69 212 33832
ann.cathrin-agethen(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Frank Berger
Collections on numismatics, militaria, science and research, technology and industry, and models and dioramas.
Tel +49 69 212-34499
frank.berger(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Lisa Brackmann
Education and exhibitions at the Young Museum Frankfurt
Tel. +49 69 212-34630
lisa.brackmann(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Wolfgang P. Cilleßen
Deputy Director
Curator of graphics/paper, paintings and sculpture collections
Tel +49 69 212-36721
wolfgang.cillessen(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Martina Dehlinger
Education and exhibitions at the Young Museum Frankfurt
Tel +49 69 212-48785
martina.dehlinger(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Margerita Foresti
Scientific trainee
Tel +49 69 212 31070
margerita.foresti(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Anne Gemeinhardt
Education
Tel +49 69 212-34611
anne.gemeinhardt(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Susanne Gesser
Head of Young Museum Frankfurt
Head of education and participation
Tel +49 69 212-35633
susanne.gesser(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Nina Gorgus
Exhibition coordination and collections
Collections: Toys, daily life and housekeeping II (from 1880), childhood and youth culture
Tel +49 69 212-46550
nina.gorgus(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Maren Christine Härtel
Manager of documentation and restoration workshops
Curator of collections on furniture, historical musical instruments, fashion and textile
Tel +49 69 212-35487
maren-christine.haertel(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Puneh Henning
Migration und diversity management
(360° agent – Fund for New City Cultures)
Tel. +49 69 212-47738
puneh.henning(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Laura Hollingshaus
Education and outreach of the Young Museum Frankfurt
Tel. +49 69 212-32936
laura.hollingshaus(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Angela Jannelli
Library of the Generations, CityLab
Tel +49 69 212-33814
angela.jannelli(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Dorothee Linnemann
Graphic collection, photography, media und communication
Tel. +49 69 212-42069
dorothee.linnemann(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Franziska Mucha
Curator of Digital Museum Practice
Tel +49 69 212 42069
franziska.mucha(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Christina Ramsch
Scientific trainee
Tel +49 69 212 73227
christina.ramsch(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Patricia Stahl
Director of Porzellan Museum Frankfurt in Kronberger Haus
Collections: Daily life and housekeeping II (to 1880),
Trade and industry
Tel +49 69 212-36712
patricia.stahl(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Ismahan Wayah
Migration und diversity management
(360° agent – Fund for New City Cultures)
Tel. +49 69 212-34273
ismahan.wayah(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Documentation
Dr. Maren Christine Härtel
Manager of documentation and restoration workshops
Curator of collections on furniture, historical musical instruments, fashion and textile
Tel +49 69 212-35487
maren-christine.haertel(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Beate Dannhorn, M.A.
Registrar, image archive
Tel +49 69 212-30596
beate.dannhorn(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Thomas Schwerdtfeger
Digital resources and media
Tel +49 69 212-34467
thomas.d.schwerdtfeger(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Restoration
Anja Damaschke, Dipl.-Rest. (Akad.) (trained restorer)
Paintings
Tel +49 69 212-34740
anja.damaschke(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Verena Grande M.A., Dipl.-Rest. (FH)
Paper and graphics
Tel +49 69 212-37774
verena.grande(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Sabine Lorenz
Craft, technical cultural assets
Tel +49 69 212-36881
sabine.lorenz(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Christoph Wenzel, M.A., Dipl.-Rest. (FH)
Furniture and wood
Tel +49 69 212-35984
christoph.wenzel(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Administration
Barbara Langfeld
Management
Tel +49 69 212-44463
barbara.langfeld(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Anja Tesch
Ordering, accounting
Tel +49 69 212-33370
anja.tesch(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Irma Hoog-Kramar
Ordering, accounting
Tel. +49 69 212-47752
irma.hoog(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Christiane Collins
Contracts
Tel +49 69 212-34274
christiane.collins(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Museum technology & Technical service
Willi Gubanek
Building technology
Tel +49 69 212-34586
Mobile +49 160 7187591
willi.gubanek(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Christof Gold
Building technology
Tel +49 69 212-31358
Mobile +49 175 9305153
christof.gold(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Harald Meiß
Building technology
Tel +49 69 212-30863
harald.meiss(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Abdelmajid Labroumani
Technical service
Matteo Ciliberti
Transport
Board of trustees
Andrea von Bethmann
Tel +49 69 212-47190
andrea.vonbethmann(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Honorary posts
Siegfried Eistert (graphic collection)
siegfried.eistert(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Thomas Engel (Museum Communication)
thomas.engel(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Rita Funk (photo collection)
almut.junker(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Almut Junker (photo collection)
almut.junker(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Ursula Kern (research on women and gender)
ursula.kern(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Bettina Kratz-Ritter (Museum Communication)
bettina.kratz-ritter(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Birgit Latka (Museum Communication)
birgit.latka(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dagmar Mlynczak (media stations)
dagmar.mlynczak(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Christiane Nöll (Museum Communication)
christiane.noell(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr. Jürgen Steen (provenance research)
juergen.steen(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Dagmar Straube (photo collection)
dagmar.straube(at)stadt-frankfurt.de
Voluntary team at the Library
of the Generations
Jasmin Grünewald
Melanie Hartlaub
Sabine Petersen-Spindler
Tuesday team: Library of the Generations
Ursula Ernst
Thomas Ferber
Doris Fisch
Sibylla Flügge
Mirjam Heydorn
Doris Illian
Jasmin Grünewald
Asal Khosravi
Gottfried Kößler
Marie-Luise Leberke
Till Lieberz-Groß
Lea Lustyková
Dr. Simeen Modjaz
Ernst Neubronner
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