Lecture room, seminar room and group room

Multifunctional spaces for creativity and communication

The lecture room with its circular floor plan is suitable for lectures, readings, workshops or press conferences. The hall is located at the end of the spacious entrance on the ground floor, so that your guests can first take in the museum building. Flexible wall elements make it possible to connect the room with the museum café to create a large event space.

The seminar room and the group room provide the museum with two further working spaces that also facilitate large conferences with a number of separate working areas. Technical equipment is available in all rooms. Be a guest at the museum and be inspired.

Your complete carefree package – catering, technology, equipment and co.

A network of professional event partners at your disposal

“…Last night the event was a great success, mostly due to the attentive support of your team. Many thanks for that!“

With its three catering companies Genussfee, Tischzeit Catering and Bon Appetit, the museum has three excellent and very experienced catering partners for festive dinners, cold, warm or flying buffets, receptions or tasty conference catering. Naturally regional, handmade and organic.

We offer in-house streaming and sound technology, a generous power supply and a network for hybrid, digital and analog events – professional and state-of-the-art

Our services include a great selection of give-aways, exclusive guided tours and workshops, keynote speeches and seminars developed for corporate clients on topics related to communication and the digital world of work. Our expert event team will be happy to assist you with planning, implementation and supporting programme.

Our philosophy: conscious, sustainable and committed

We want to create perfect experiences and act sustainably in the process

“…everything was perfect. The food was delicious and we also had a great time at the museum. Thanks again for everything and best regards to your whole staff for the great teamwork.”

We focus on the responsible and sustainable use of resources, especially in the area of events. All our partners are obliged to pay fair wages. We also avoid disposable articles at the large events and place great value on local produce and environmental awareness when selecting our partners.

Our large-scale LED renovation project and in-house production of green electricity are definitely on the right track towards our goal of a fully green location. We provide advice and support for the planning and implementation of your sustainable event.

Café terrace, skyline terrace and museum forecourt

Coziness in the green and spectacular skyline view

The Museum of Communication has three outdoor areas that allow for outdoor catering intermissions, standing receptions with unique skyline views and impressive reception settings. Clear your head by interrupting your meetings and professional events in the midst of the greenery…

The atrium

Spectacular setting for your event

The conically glazed atrium is the centre of the Museum für Communication in Frankfurt. The transparent and open atmosphere makes it perfect for elegant dinners, festive buffets, lecture and podium events. Become an exclusive guest in the centre of our museum.

Surrounded by our permanent exhibition “Media History(s) Retold”, the history, present and future of communication presents itself as a setting for your event in the atrium.

Media history|s told anew!

Our permanent exhibition

English version of our permanent exhibition

Follow us on a journey through the past, present and future of communication: on the basis of groundbreaking inventions, curious events and unusual fates, the permanent exhibition spans 2500 square metres from the cuneiform tablet to the data glasses.

44 thematic islands demonstrate the development on the basis of four central phenomena:

ACCELERATION – Our everyday life is characterised by stress and time pressure. We want to experience more, accomplish more and feel more in the time we have. This intensification speeds us up further. Digitization and mobility are contributing to and shaping the history of communication. Time has become the world’s scarcest resource – how do we deal with this development?

NETWORKING – Global networking began with shipping, railroads and telegraphy. Today, we network with people, information and things – mobile and in real time. The boundary to the digital world has become blurred. Does increased networking bring us closer together?

CONTROL – Almost everything is available online and smart devices enable access anytime, anywhere. Digitization offers limitless opportunities, but in the process we leave our mark: our data is becoming a sought-after commodity for companies and states. How can we take advantage of this digital world without giving up control of our personal data?

PARTICIPATION – Newspapers, radio and television keep us informed about world events. Through the Internet and smartphones, we can now become an active part of digital communities: we share our opinions, experiences and news. Theoretically – because not everyone can or wants to participate. Global togetherness or digital exclusion?

There is no set itinerary. You can surf through the permanent exhibition in a similar way to the WWW and create your own personal links. At many interactive stations you can learn in a playful way, leave us your opinion, check your user behaviour or take away tips. In the art area, highlights of the collection and temporary exhibitions related to the phenomena of communication history await you

Art Spaces

Highlights of the art collection and temporary exhibitions

Within the art section, we show highlights of the collection and temporary exhibitions related to the phenomena of the history of communication.

Permanent exhibition in the art spaces

The Museum Foundation’s art collection includes works of art from the 17th to the 21st century: Sculptures, objects and multiples through to the present day, photographic art and media art. These include outstanding works by artists such as Carl Spitzweg, Max Ernst, Franz Radziwill, Salvador Dalí and Joseph Beuys.

A small selection of the art collection is on display at the Museum of Communication in the Art Spaces area. At present, they include the well-known ‘Aphrodisiac Telephone’ by Salvador Dalí, often referred to as the lobster telephone, a piece by Joseph Beuys, a piece by Christo, and a sculpture by Markus Lüpertz, which recently entered the collection as a donation from Deutsche Post AG, as well as a piece by the Austrian artist Brigitte Kowanz.

Art in the museum

A permanent feature of the art presentation in Frankfurt House is also the work ‘Tribute’ by Jean-Luc Cornec. Originally created at a time when cables and tangled cords were as much a part of everyday telephony as dials, intercoms and earpieces, the curly wool of the sheep is quite simply art for younger viewers.

The media sculpture ‘Pre-Bell-Man’ is considered a symbol of the Frankfurt museum. The delicate work was extensively restored in 2019 and since then welcomes visitors again. A comprehensive publication, which you can purchase in our museum shop, has been produced for the re-creation of the work.

History of the art collection

The Museum Foundation’s art collection was founded almost 150 years ago; it consisted for a long time primarily of works with a direct subject matter related to postal operations and their history: paintings depicting stagecoaches, postal stations or letter delivery. In the 1980s, the collection was enriched by carefully selected purchases of high-quality works. By the time of the new museum building in 1990, the museum had turned away from documentary collecting and the presentation of works for communication became more important. With the establishment of the Museum Foundation in 1995, the reorientation of the museums became the broader range of topics. Communication now became the determining factor for all collections as well as exhibitions.

Changing exhibitions in the Art Spaces.

Parallel to the permanent presentations, the museum shows artistic and media-cultural positions in the Art Spaces, in which the phenomena of the permanent exhibition – such as acceleration, participation, networking and control – are reflected.

You can find the temporary exhibitions here: Special exhibitions

21 Minds Think Future

New perspectives on communication in the 21st century

Will we have to buy privacy in the future? How will a child communicate in 30 years? How is the body used as an interface? In the Museum of Communication’s permanent exhibition, 21 personalities from business, science, civil society and politics present their perspectives on communication in the 21st century and the influence of digitalisation for discussion.

These experts will present their views on the possible trends of tomorrow’s communication in video statements and interviews.

How will a child communicate in 30 years?

Are we losing control of our data in the digital world?

What distinguishes smart machines from conventional machines?

Will we have to buy privacy in the future?

Do we have enough resources for the digital future?

All events at a glance

Be it a guided tour, a reading, a hands-on workshop or a lecture, in the museum or online: you can find all the museum’s events in our calendar.

We look forward to seeing you!

Notice:

Due to the current corona rules, please provide proof at the entrance that you have been vaccinated, tested or have recovered. Further information on the current regulations for visiting museums can be found here: Plan your visit

Our museum café

Treat yourself to a delicious meal under the glass cone or on the sun terrace

A trained barista provides fragrant, freshly prepared coffee specialties in our colorful and bright museum café. Enjoy the daily alternating lunch offer, fresh sandwiches and delicious take-away treats in a jar. The team at our café cooks all the dishes fresh and offers a varied separate range for allergy sufferers in addition to vegan delicacies. Of course organic, regional, “handmade” and with a lot of love for delicious food and great ingredients. In summer you can make yourself at home on the café terrace with a view of the River Main. A visit to the café is possible at any time even without a visit to the museum. We look forward to seeing you!

For your children’s birthday party, the gourmet chef offers a special selection of delicacies with lovely decorations and creative ideas.

Museum shop

Selected articles and special gifts on the topics of “communication” and “postal history”.

In the entrance foyer you will find our museum shop, which you can also visit at any time without visiting the museum. In addition to our museum and exhibition catalogues, we offer many attractive products for young and old, special gift ideas, unusual and creative items, thematically oriented to our respective temporary exhibitions.

There you will find many other publications and articles on the topics of “communication” and “postal history”, as well as on the collections of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications. The shop also offers a large selection of postcards and posters.

The Archive – Magazine for the History of Communication

In the shop you can also get DAS ARCHIV – Magazine of Communication History. DAS ARCHIV is published quarterly by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Post- und Telekommunikationsgeschichte e.V. (DGPT) together with the Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation and the Museums für Kommunikation in Berlin, Frankfurt M. and Nuremberg.

Price: Euro 7.80 in the museum shop or Euro 5.50 by subscription.

> Further information at www.dgpt.org