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Temporarily closed!
The Städel Museum will be closed prospectively until and including 9 May 2021. The Städel is thus observing the official precautionary measures to contain the corona pandemic.
10 am–6 pm
10 am–9 pm
closed
Currently the collection of Old Masters is only accessible to a limited extent due to renovations.
1 May 2021 10 am – 6 pm
13 May 2021 10 am – 6 pm
23 May 2021 10 am – 6 pm
24 May 2021 10 am – 6 pm
3 June 2021 10 am – 6 pm
Library & Mediatheque will be closed temporarily.
Wed 1 – 5 pm
Please note: In order to comply with the protective measures against the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), please register in advance via . Visitors are required to wear mouth- and nose protection.
The Study Room of the Department of Prints and Drawings will be closed temporarily.
Wed, Fri 2 – 5 pm
Thu 2 – 7 pm
Please note: In order to comply with the protective measures against the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), please register in advance via . Visitors are required to wear mouth- and nose protection.
*Information on the tickets
Admission is free for children under the age of 12.
Please purchase a timed ticket before your visit.
Admission is free for members of the Städelverein.
Schaumainkai 63
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Underground U1, U2, U3 and U8 to “Schweizer Platz”
Tram 15 and 16 to “Otto-Hahn-Platz”
Walter-Kolb-Straße 16 (Alt-Sachsenhausen)
Willy-Brandt-Platz 5 (Schauspiel Frankfurt)
Untermainanlage 1 (Untermainanlage)
It is not possible to make reservations for the coach parks.
The best and easiest way to contact us is through our Contact form. Please use the telephone contact for very urgent requests only.
Please also have a look at our Questions & Answers section before contacting us.
+49(0)69-605098-200
Learn more about different trips to the Städel and tell others about your own experiences.
We offer all our visitors access to WiFi free of charge. Just connect your mobile device with the “Staedel_WiFi” and discover our digital offers for your visit to the Städel! No password is necessary.
Current exhibitions, digital products, program recommendations and special events. Our newsletter written in German will provide you with all the newest information. Subscribe to the newsletter here
Telephone +49(0)69-605098-105
The Städel Museum’s Department of Prints and Drawings oversees a collection of some 100,000 drawings and prints dating from the Late Middle Ages to the present. Owing to its high quality, it is one of the most distinguished collections of its kind in Germany.
It was the museum’s founder Johann Friedrich Städel (1728–1816) who laid the foundation for these holdings, which were expanded in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by prominent connoisseurs such as Johann David Passavant (1787–1861) and Georg Swarzenski (1876–1957). In addition to outstanding works by the Old Masters (pre-1800), the highlights also include drawings by the Nazarenes, French drawings and prints of the nineteenth century, Expressionist works, and post-1945 American art.
Artworks on paper cannot be placed on permanent display because they would be damaged by prolonged exposure to light. They are accordingly kept in storage “in the dark”, and placed at the visitors’ disposal for viewing purposes in the Study Room of the Department of Prints and Drawings upon request.
The department moreover presents regularly changing temporary exhibitions on various themes of relevance to the collection.
Telephone +49(0)69-605098-117
The Städel Museum’s library and mediatheque provide the means of delving deeper into the world of art. The reference library offers school pupils, students, scholars, gallery owners, collectors and interested visitors audio-visual media, images and extensive literature, for example some 500 regularly appearing journals on art history, painting, sculpture, drawings and prints, photography and the art of antiquity. A wide variety of inventory and exhibition catalogues as well as a collection of approximately 35,000 auction catalogues create an excellent basis for in-depth research on the artists, collections and exhibitions of important European museums and the activities of prominent auction houses.
The Aventis Foundation and the Dr. Marschner Stiftung support the expansion, media facilities and educational offers of the library and mediatheque. The “Lernen lernen” (“Learning to Learn”) programme is carried out with support from the Commerzbank-Stiftung.
Further information on our partners and patrons
The Städel Library has its origins in the private library of museum founder Johann Friedrich Städel (1728–1816). In his foundation letter, he laid the cornerstone for the establishment of an institutional library. In 2009, within the framework of a partnership, the Städel Library placed some 13,000 volumes from its own holdings at the disposal of the art library of Frankfurt’s Goethe-Universität.
To make an inquiry or request an appointment, please contact us at:
The historical archive of the Städel Museum brings together more than 150 years of museum and collection history. It encompasses the records of the Städelsches Kunstinstitut established by the businessman Johann Friedrich Städel in 1815 and the art school affiliated with the museum until 1922. These nearly complete holdings also comprise the records of the Städtische Galerie that became part of the Städel in 1906 as well as the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung. Over the years, the museum archive has expanded to include the partial estates of a small number of artists (including letters of Victor Müller and the papers of the sculptor Hans Mettel). In May 2019, the archive received the generous donation of the extensive legacy left behind by the artist Ottilie W. Roederstein and her biographer Hermann Jughenn.
The Städel Archive is located in the museum library and is open to scholars with a legitimate research interest.
Museum shop & bookshop will be closed prospectively until and including 18 April 2021.
For literature on art, the museum shop is the place to go. The assortment encompasses six thousand titles. The focus is on art books, our own exhibition catalogues, award-winning children’s books, art-related fiction, and selected “Frankfurtensia”. For art connoisseurs and art enthusiasts we moreover have international publications on art, photography and architecture as well as specialist publications on art theory and cultural history on offer.
Looking for an original art item, a gift for a child, fine stationery or just “a bit of Städel” to take with you as a souvenir? On our thematically oriented display tables you’ll find a superb selection of our own articles, including stationery, calendars and postcard sets, as well as unique products we obtain for you from all over the world. Naturally, we’ll be glad to gift-wrap any item you purchase here.
The Städel bookshop was elected the “Buchhandlung des Jahres 2013/2014” (“Bookshop of the Year 2013/2014”) in the specialist bookshop category.
Our self-service café is located adjacent to the museum shop. In addition to coffee and tea specialities, we carry an assortment of seasonal offers including sandwiches, salads, cake and cookies. With its incomparable view of the Frankfurt skyline and the River Main, the café is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy, not only for museum visitors.
+49(0)69-605098-197
cafe@staedelmuseum.de
Set off strikingly against the venerable exterior façade of the Städel Museum, the café/restaurant “Holbein’s” – the recipient of multiple restaurant awards under the culinary direction of Patrick Grossmayer – awaits your visit. Enjoy light cuisine with regional and international influences in a special atmosphere. Our professional team looks forward to serving you.
Telephone +49(0)69-66056666
Until further notice, no events will be offered.
Head of Event Management
Apart from its own diverse programme for the public, the Städel Museum also offers a unique setting for selected private events. Conferences, lectures, company gatherings and other festivities are carried out with great success in the Metzler Foyer, the Metzler Hall, and the Städel Garden. To preserve the quality of this atmosphere – which is as special as it is exclusive – the use of the event facilities is reserved solely for our patrons, sponsors and long-term partners.
Temporarily closed
The Städel Museum will be closed prospectively until and including 9 May 2021. The Städel is thus observing the official precautionary measures to contain the corona pandemic.
You can find the admission prices here.
Admission is free for members of the Städelverein.
Please buy a timed ticket before your visit in our Online Shop.
Städel Highlights
Discover the highlights of the Städel collection – from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque all the way up to classical modern and contemporary art – with the free audio guide app! Available as a free app for Android and Apple.
Städel Collection
There is an audio guide to the Städel collection. Put your own tour together according to your interests, favourite subjects and mood. The audio guide offers lots of suggestions for a different visit to the museum every time. The audio guide is available in German, English, Spanish and French.
For security reasons, bags (larger than DIN A4) and jackets must be checked in the cloakroom. In order to avoid unintended contact with the artworks, no articles of clothing may be carried over your arm in the exhibition rooms.
The consumption of food and beverages is not permitted in the exhibition rooms. It is not permitted to take drinks into the exhibition rooms. All such items can be checked in the cloakroom. There are rooms on the ground floor of the main building for attending to infants and small children.
For visitors with limited mobility and visitors with prams or pushchairs, the Städel Museum is accessible by way of a lift. The lift is located on the east side of the building (Dürerstrasse).
If a “B” has been entered in the disability pass, admission is free for one accompanying person.
For reasons of safety, we reserve the right to regulate access to the exhibition galleries with prams/pushchairs when necessary (e.g. in cases of high visitor volume). The museum offers space for parking prams/pushchairs.
Städel Café
The Café will remain closed pending further notice.
Holbein's Café-Restaurant
Right next to the Städel Museum, the café/restaurant “Holbein’s” – the recipient of multiple restaurant awards – awaits your visit. Enjoy light cuisine with regional and international influences in a special atmosphere.
Opening times and contact
The Liebieghaus Café
A special tip from those in the know: just a few steps away from the museum is the Café im Liebieghaus, where you can enjoy home-made cakes and other small delicacies.
Opening times and contact
The use of the cloakroom in the Städel Museum is free of charge. The cloakroom is located to the left of the main foyer area and to the back right of the main foyer area. Visitors must check jackets, bags (larger than DIN A4), knapsacks, umbrellas and large articles that may not be taken into the exhibition. For reasons of space, it is not possible to check suitcases or trolleys. A 1-Euro coin is needed to use a locker. We do not accept liability for items checked in the cloakroom or left in the lockers.
For groups, a group cloakroom is available in the cloakroom to the left of the main foyer area. Please ask our security staff.
The Städel Museum has now made more than 22,000 works in its Digital Collection available for free downloading under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-SA 4.0. This licence enables anyone interested in art to reproduce and share the images of artworks in the public domain, as well as to use and process them for any purpose, provided the Städel Museum is identified in a credit line. Popular works in the Städel collection are thus available for free downloading by way of the Digital Collection. Entirely in keeping with the wishes of the museum’s founder, the aim of this new service is to make the Städel collection available to the public and further the public enjoyment of common cultural assets. More information about Creative Commons can be found here.
Until further notice, no events or guided tours will be offered. Information about our digital education offers can be found here.
Children (dependents) under 18 in the company of at least one adult holding a valid online ticket will be granted admission free of charge. Please buy a ticket in our Online Shop.
Gift certificates are available for purchase at the museum cashier’s desk. Gift certificates are valid for a visit to the Städel Museum, the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, the Café at the Städel and the Café im Liebieghaus and the Liebieghaus online shop. Gift certificates are valid for three years from the date of issue unless otherwise indicated on the certificate/voucher (regular limitation period according to § 195 BGB).
Visitors are not allowed to form groups with one another.
Click here for the house rules.
Owners of an ICOM-Card receive free admission and can get a free pass at the group cash register.
The KUFTI-Ticket for children and youth under 18 years of age permits free admission to the museum. Free tickets are available exclusively at the museum’s daily ticket desk. The KUFTI-Ticket and photo identification or student ID card are to be shown at the ticket desk. It is not possible to obtain free tickets in the Online-Shop. Priority admission is not included in this offer.
Just a few minutes’ walk from the Städel Museum you will find the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung. There you can see sculptures dating from Ancient Egypt to Neoclassicism in the historical Liebieghaus villa, the gallery buildings and the large, park-like garden.
Schaumainkai 71
60596 Frankfurt am Main
www.liebieghaus.de
Opening hours:
Tue, Wed, Fri–Sun 10 am – 6 pm
Thu 10 am – 9 pm
The Museum Embankment Card and Museum Embankment Ticket entitle their holders to free admission to all participating Frankfurt museums. Priority admission is not covered by the offer and unfortunately also not possible during special exhibitions. Please consult the museum cooperation pool guidelines for the Museum Embankment Card and the Museum Embankment Ticket (in German). On presentation of your Museum Embankment Card or Museum Embankment Ticket plus photo ID at the desk, you will be issued a free admission ticket.
Please note
Limitations to the conditions for use of the Museum Embankment Card will take effect at the Städel Museum beginning 1 January 2022. The card is valid for admission to the permanent collections, as well as alternating special exhibitions from the museum’s own holdings. Large special exhibitions with international loans are not included. The yearly event „Nacht der Museen“ is not affected.
On an area of over two-hundred square metres, the award-winning museum shop offers a comprehensive and diverse range of more than six thousand book titles as well as a wide selection of gift articles. The adjoining self-service cafe with a view of the Frankfurt skyline serves coffee and tea specialities as well as a seasonal range of cake, pastries, sandwiches and salads.
Open on Sundays and public holidays. You can also visit the shop and the café without an admission ticket for the museum.
Opening hours and Contact Museum shop
Opening hours and Contact Café
See all the general and special opening hours on Information & Service.
Online tickets are available at shop.staedelmuseum.de and entitle holders to priority admission to the Städel Museum. The tickets are valid for a one-time entry for the date and time stated on the ticket. The online ticket can be printed out or scanned in as a mobile ticket from the display of a Smartphone. We regret that it is not possible to exchange or return an online ticket.
You can also purchase online tickets with your Smartphone. With your Smartphone browser, go to shop.staedelmuseum.de. Your ticket will be scanned in via the display of your phone when you enter the museum and does not have to be presented as a print-out.
Please note: Reduced-fee tickets can be purchased only at the Städel Museum cashier’s desk. Valid identification is required.
Please buy a timed onlinet ticket before your visit.
Please be advised that there are no special parking spaces for museum visitors directly at the museum. We therefore recommend that you use the nearby multi-storey car parks.
Parking for cars
Multi-storey car parks are located within walking distance of approximately 10 minutes from the museum. Names and addresses:
Alt-Sachsenhausen: Walter-Kolb-Strasse 16 (B43)
Am Theater: Willy-Brandt-Platz 5
Untermainanlage: Untermainanlage 1
Parking for coaches
No reservations can be made for coach parking spots.
The following coach parks are located in the vicinity of the Städel Museum: map
Regarding the use of camera, audio and video recorders:
The use of photo cameras (without flash) for private purpose is permitted in the collection and the special exhibitions, except where explicity indicated otherwise for certain works. Flashes, additional lightning devices, tripods, selfie sticks or other equipment is not permitted.
Cameras, audio and video recorders may be used for commercial or publication reasons only with written permission from the Städel Museum. To obtain permission, please contact our press department prior to your visit. For the commercial use of photographs, audio and video recordings, as well as for the use of additional lighting devices (flashes, video lights, etc.), tripods, selfie sticks or other equipment, permission must be granted previously by the Städel Museum.
If you like to aquire illustrations of our art works and rights for reproduction, please contact our agency bpk. This picture archive does the delivery of digital data or transparencies and there you can do investigation work in a data-bank.
Underground lines U1, U2, U3, and U8 (to “Schweizer Platz”)
Tram lines 15 and 16 (to “Otto-Hahn-Platz”)
On foot approximately 10 minutes from the central railway station via Holbeinsteg Bridge
For press requests please visit our Newsroom. The Städel Newsroom is our offer for journalists, bloggers and online multipliers. There you will find a wealth of information and material on the Städel Museum’s exhibitions and projects for use in the media.
Throughout the entire building as well as in the special exhibitions seating is available. Folding stools are only at your disposal in the permanent collection. Due to space contraints, their use is not permitted in the special exhibition.
For members of the Städelverein and the Städelclub, admission to the collections and all exhibitions is free of charge at all times.
For questions, suggestions, tour inquiries and other information please contact our Visitor service, available from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, Telephone +49(0)69-605098-200, or write us through our Contact form.
We offer all our visitors access to WiFi free of charge. Just connect your mobile device with the “Staedel_WiFi” and discover our digital offers for your visit to the Städel! No password is necessary.
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