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Download material

On this page we have listed different materials that can be downloaded for free. These are information, publications and teaching materials. We are constantly working to expand the area and offer even more museum content digitally.

Overview plan

To plan your visit, you can download the overview plan here:

Overview plan

Tourguides

Download Tourguides here

Stories of Democracy in Frankfurt – 1848 to Present
Highlight-Tour. The entire museum in 90 minutes
Frankfurt 33-45. The city and National Socialism
Frankfurt. City of Women
Frankfurt on the move. A city with a migration history
Family Tour Frankfurt Once?
Family Tour Collectors' Museum
Change of View – Tracing Racism

Museum Magazine – "Schneekugel"

The new public magazine of the Historical Museum offers special insights and perspectives into the past and the future. Twice a year, it will now present topics that deal with our city and the Frankfurt Historical Museum.

On 48 pages, it provides insights into the activities and offerings of Frankfurt's large city museum. It is named after the large snow globe ("Schneekugel") in the new building with its eight unusual city models of Frankfurt's special features. The magazine is aimed at anyone interested in the city of Frankfurt and its rich history and current issues. For families and young readers, there are special insights into the program and projects of the Junges Museum (Young Museum).

1st issue 2021 (German language): Grüner wird's nicht

2nd issue 2021/2022 (German language): Mitgemacht!?

3rd issue 2022 (German language): Menschenskinder!

4th issue 2022 (German language): Immer Wandel

5th issue 2023 (German language): Geschichten vom Geld

CURA

The publication CURA is published annually on the anniversary of the museum on 13 June. It presents a current topic on museum development of very high importance. (German language)

CURA 2009 — Das Historische Museum
CURA 2010 — Die Baudenkmäler des HMF
CURA 2011 — Die Neubauten des Historischen Museums
CURA 2012 — Die Renovierung des Saalhofs
CURA 2013 — Der Stauferhafen
CURA 2014 — Frankfurt Einst!
CURA 2015 — Die Schneekugel
CURA 2016 — Das inklusive Museum
CURA 2017 — Frankfurt Jetzt? und das Stadtlabor
CURA 2018 – Junges Museum Frankfurt
CURA 2019 — Digitale Museumspraxis
CURA 2021 –– Die Sammlungen
CURA 2022 –– Diversität im Museum
CURA 2023 — Bolongaro Museum Höchst

AURA

The AURA gives you an overview of our activities - looking back at the past year and looking forward to the coming year! (German language)

AURA 2007/08 — Download
AURA 2008/09 — Download
AURA 2009/10 — Download
AURA 2010/11 — Download
AURA 2011/12 — Download
AURA 2012/13 — Download
AURA 2013/14 — Download
AURA 2014/15 — Download
AURA 2015/16 — Download
AURA 2016/17 — Download
AURA 2017/18 — Download
AURA 2018/19 — Download
AURA 2019/20 — Download
AURA 2020/21 –– Download
AURA 2021/22 –– Download

CityLab

Since 2010, we have been exploring the city of Frankfurt together with its inhabitants in the CityLab. For each CityLab project a documentation has been published in German.

Download the digital documentations here or browse through the overview of the CityLab projects.

My Frankfurt model. Summer tour 2015 (in German, PDF 4,21 MB)
Ostend 2011. CityLab on the move (in German, PDF 5,57 MB)
Moving Clothes. A fashionable citylab (in German, PDF 5,6 MB)

For the exhibition "Hardly an ordinary life. Stories of work, migration and family" two story coloring books were created. As conversation starters, they encourage people to tell their own (migration) stories or to have their stories told by friends, colleagues or relatives.

Erzähl-Mal-Heft 1, story coloring book for people who have immigrated (pdf, 231 kb, only in German)
Erzähl-Mal-Heft 2, story coloring book for people whose ancestors have immigrated (pdf, 218 kb, only in German)

Archive of CityLab projects

To the overview