We realize many of our projects and exhibitions together with or supported by other institutions and facilities. We would like to thank our cooperation partners for their trusting and good collaboration:
Become part of the team of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications In the Museums of Communication in Berlin, Frankfurt and Nuremberg, as well as in the Archive of Philately in Bonn, people work in a wide variety of professional fields to run our museums and our collection in a professional and attractive manner. On the website of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications you will find our current job offers. We look forward to receiving your application.
Digitisation is rapidly changing our lives, the consequences are omnipresent, and media literacy is more in demand than ever. We invite you to help shape the digital transformation by using our online services. Explore the opportunities and risks of new trends or learn to use digital tools for your own benefit.
The museum in livestream
We livestream a variety of events so you can explore our museum from the comfort of your own home.
Discover our museum digitally
Expotizer: delve deeper into the themes of our special exhibitions
From our collection
Digital exhibition collaborations
Our exhibitions at Google Arts & Culture
Our programmes for children at home
VoloMuPo Museum – Volunteer – Podcast
A podcast by and for volunteers and anyone who wants to hear about behind the scenes of museums.
Communication Understanding, explaining, communicating.
We are experts in communication. Not only do we provide information about our exhibitions, we are also happy to help you develop your own topics and find the right experts for your needs – from stamp specialists to fake news experts.
We look forward to your reports!
In our press area you will find press material, picture galleries and videos about our current exhibitions and events.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us:
Press Officer
Schaumainkai 53 (Museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 350
Mobil +49 (0)171 9867272
E-Mail r.hock@mspt.de
Dr. Helmut Gold
Director of the Museum of Communication Frankfurt and Head (curator) of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunication
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 600
E-Mail stiftungsleitung(@)mspt.de
Burkhard Frisch
Commercial Management
Finance, Real Estate, IT Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 100
E-Mail b.frisch(@)mspt.de
Dr. Corinna Engel
Head of Public Relations
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 300
E-Mail c.engel(@)mspt.de
Frank Gnegel
Head of Department Collection
Philipp-Reis-Straße 4-8
63150 Heusenstamm
Phone +49 (0)61 04 49 77 200
E-Mail f.gnegel(@)mspt.de
Tine Nowak
Consultant Exhibitions
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 330
E-Mail t.nowak(@)mspt.de
Regina Hock
Press and Public Relations Officer
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 350
Mobile +49 (0)171 9867272
E-Mail r.hock(@)mspt.de
Nina Voborsky
Education & Mediation
Media Education
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 325
E-Mail n.voborsky(@)mspt.de
Fabian Lenczewski
Education & Mediation
Museum Education
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 320
E-Mail f.lenczewski(@)mspt.de
Julia Strätz-Koppetsch
Event Management Rentals
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 332
E-Mail j.straetz-koppetsch(@)mspt.de
Muna Mawassii
Event Management Rentals
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 332
E-Mail m.mawassii(@)mspt.de
Julia Marzoner
Research Collaboration
Temporary Exhibition 2024
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 697
E-Mail j.marzoner(@)mspt.de
Library
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 371
E-Mail x.gaertner(@)mspt.de
Timo Gertler
Research Volunteer
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49 (0) 696060 – 650
E-Mail: t.gertler(@)mspt.de
Swenja Hoschek
Research Volunteer
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49 (0) 696060 – 640
E-Mail: s.hoschek(@)mspt.de
Reception Team
Konrad Künkel
Anne Wietschorke
Schaumainkai 53 (museum embankment)
60596 Frankfurt am Main
Telefon: +49 (0) 696060 – 404
Telefax: +49 (0) 696060 – 666
E-Mail: empfang.mfk-frankfurt(@)mspt.de
Welcome to the Museum of Communication Frankfurt
The experts on the past, present and future of communication
In the multiple award-winning museum building on Schaumainkai, you will gain a comprehensive insight into the history of communication. Special features include the department of art and communication and the lively programme of the children’s workshop.
At the permanent exhibition “Media history|s retold!” you can experience the development of communication over an area of 2,500 sqm. With the help of groundbreaking inventions, interesting adventures and extraordinary fates, we span the spectrum from the cuneiform writing tablet to smartglasses.
On the 1st floor, next to the hands-on area of the children’s workshop, is the Forum – a showroom for smaller temporary exhibitions. On the 2nd floor, large temporary exhibitions are presented over an area of 550 sqm. A radio station is located on the roof of the museum, which every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month is open. Please check our calendar for the exact opening hours.
From the Federal Postal Museum to the Museum of Communication
The History of the Museum
The origins of the museum can be traced back to the relocation of the collection of the Reichspostmuseum in Berlin during the Second World War: in 1945, parts of the collection were transferred by American soldiers from Berlin to Hesse, where they formed the basis for the Bundespostmuseum, which opened in 1958. Housed in a Gründerzeit (Wilhelminian style) villa, the Bundespostmuseum was among the first museums on Frankfurt’s Schaumainkai – later to become the Museumsufer (Museum Embankment).
The new museum building with its attractive architecture was opened in 1990. The old villa was renovated from the ground up and houses the museum administration inside.
The new museum building, designed by the Stuttgart architectural firm Behnisch & Partner, was opened in 1990. The main exhibition area was placed underground in the basement, so that the park-like old tree population around the old building villa was preserved. Nowadays, the villa houses the museum administration and the library; the new building houses the permanent and temporary exhibitions.
The modern, predominantly glass and aluminium building forms a charming contrast to the warm sandstone of the old building. The central element of the multi-award-winning building is the cut glass cone. The atrium below offers visitors a charming view of all floor levels. With its distinct transparency and openness, the architecture of the museum already conveys the theme of “communication” in an excellent way.
Collections of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications
Objects tell the story of communication history
The collections of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications document the historical development of the postal and telecommunications sector in its many forms. However, the legal mandate of the Museum Foundation to develop, collect and present the “development of communication and the related banking, goods and passenger traffic in the postal and telecommunications sector” considerably broadens the spectrum of collecting areas – all the way to the multi-faceted manifestations of communication in the present and future.
The Philatelic Archive documents the history of philately from the first postage stamps to the latest special issue stamp. In addition to valuable rarities and hot-off-the-press new issues, the collection also includes original designs, preprints, postal stationery, used letters, printing blocks and seals. The most famous exhibit is the Blue Mauritius.
The Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications was founded in 1995 in the wake of the German postal reform. The historical roots of the Foundation and its institutions go back to the 19th century and the founding of the Reichspostmuseum in Berlin. Later, other postal and telecommunications museums followed; now in addition to the Museum of Communication Nuremberg, the Museum Foundation has further museums in Frankfurt and Berlin.
