German Architecture Museum, Architecture museum in Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt, Germany
The German Architecture Museum is housed in a converted 19th-century villa in Sachsenhausen with five floors containing exhibition spaces for architectural models and drawings. The rooms are arranged so visitors discover different periods and styles of building as they move through the house.
An architect gutted an old riverside villa in 1984 and created a sequence of new spaces inside that function like a series of architectural designs themselves. The converted house became an example of thoughtful building for the modern era.
The museum shows how architecture shapes cities and living spaces, something visitors can experience through the displayed models and drawings on view. The collection reveals how people form their surroundings through building and design.
The house is open Tuesday through Sunday, with extended evening hours on Wednesdays. A research library containing about 80,000 books on architecture history is available for visitors to explore.
The museum holds a vast collection of panoramic models showing how human settlements have evolved from ancient times to today. These models let visitors follow urban development in miniature form.
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