Dialogmuseum, Sensory experience museum in Frankfurt, Germany
The Dialogmuseum is a museum in Frankfurt where visitors walk through rooms in total darkness, guided only by their non-visual senses. The spaces recreate everyday environments such as a city street, a park, or a boat, all without any light.
The museum opened in Frankfurt in the 1990s, building on a concept first tested in Paris a few years earlier. It was among the first places in the world to permanently employ blind and visually impaired people as professional guides in a public cultural space.
The guides at the Dialogmuseum are blind or visually impaired, and they are the ones who know the space and show the way. For many visitors, meeting and following someone who navigates total darkness with ease is something they carry long after the visit.
The museum sits in the underground level at An der Hauptwache, right in the center of Frankfurt, making it easy to reach by public transport. Visits happen in small guided groups, so booking in advance is necessary, especially on weekends or during school holidays.
Because the museum is underground, visitors step into total darkness just a few meters below one of Frankfurt's busiest public squares. The contrast between the noise of the city above and the silence inside the dark rooms is something many visitors mention as one of the first things they notice.
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