Städel Museum

The Städel Museum is an art museum in Frankfurt housing works spanning from medieval times to contemporary periods. The collection displays paintings, sculptures, and drawings that show different artistic approaches and styles across centuries.

A Frankfurt banker founded the institution in 1816 as Germany's first museum foundation, initially displaying the collection in his private home. The building evolved over time and received a major expansion in the early 2000s.

The museum shapes Frankfurt's cultural life as a central place where people encounter art from different eras and artistic traditions. Visitors experience works that demonstrate how artistic ideas developed and changed throughout history.

The museum sits directly along the river and is easy to reach on foot from downtown, making it convenient to include in a walking route. Plan to spend several hours to explore the collection properly without hurrying through the galleries.

The modern underground expansion uses hundreds of small round skylights that create a pattern of light dots visible from ground level above. This unusual lighting design brings a distinctive quality to the lower gallery spaces.

Location: Frankfurt

Inception: 1816

Founders: Johann Friedrich Städel, Moritz von Gontard

Architects: Oskar Sommer

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible

Industry: Förderung der Erziehung, Volks- und Berufsbildung einschließlich der Studentenhilfe, Promotion of science and research

Phone: +4969605098200

Website: https://staedelmuseum.de

GPS coordinates: 50.10329,8.67386

Latest update: December 6, 2025 16:01