Mission statement of the museum
Mission statement
The Historisches Museum Frankfurt is the oldest museum in the city. It collects, preserves, researches, communicates and exhibits Frankfurt's cultural heritage. As a city museum, it is a place of knowledge as well as critical information, reflection and discussion about the history, present and future of Frankfurt; as a history museum, it combines city themes with the general history of society.
The museum welcomes everyone. With its Young Museum, it makes special offers for families and schools. The museum draws on the wealth of experience and knowledge of the people of Frankfurt and their guests. It works in a participatory and inclusive way. It invites everyone living in the city to participate in the museum as a cultural venue and to help shape it. Multi-perspectivity and diversity play a central role here. The diversity of urban society is reflected in the collection, exhibition and communication. Based on current debates, historical objects are scientifically researched and linked with subjective stories and positions. Artistic, urban research and everyday perspectives are included. Further goals are the expansion and consolidation of the digital strategy and networking within the city and region.
The museum preserves the cultural heritage of urban society for future generations. It has extensive collections of art and everyday history with outstanding holdings. The objects are carefully protected and conserved by the museum team. The digital documentation and publication of the collections and research into provenance are important concerns.
Our museum team cultivates a collegial and respectful working relationship. Together with our colleagues from the Young Museum and the Porcelain Museum, we form a team with diverse specialist skills that complement each other and enable different perspectives. We are an open and learning institution. The museum team is active in international museum networks. We are curious, work in an interdisciplinary way and face the challenges of a constantly changing urban society.
All permanent and freelance employees, volunteers, city lab assistants and others who represent the Historisches Museum Frankfurt follow a self-imposed code of conduct
Frankfurt against racism
Together with well over 50 Frankfurt cultural institutions and artists, the Historisches Museum Frankfurt is one of the first signatories of the "Frankfurt Declaration of the Many" and has thus spoken out against racism, homophobia and transphobia, misogyny, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. With this declaration, it emphasizes the importance of democratic and artistic freedom and plurality.