Museum of Communication Frankfurt

Plan your visit. History, present and future of communication.

About us
Your visit
Exhibitions on view
Audio Guide
Digital Offers
Education and mediation

About Us

In our multiple award-winning building righty by the river on the renowned Museumsufer, you will gain a comprehensive insight into the history of communication. We will take our visitors on an exciting journey through the history of technological advances – from cuneiform writing and the Code of Hammurabi to stagecoaches, telegraphy, and historical telephones, right up to social media and artificial intelligence. We also offer a lively selection of guided tours, live events and regular workshops for children several days a week.

In the permanent exhibition “Mediengeschichte|n neu erzählt!” you can experience the development of communication and media on 2,500 square meters. With the help of groundbreaking inventions, curious experiences and unusual fates, we cover the history of human communication over the course of more than 6.000 years.

On the second floor, in addition to the hands-on area of the children’s workshop, there is the Forum – an exhibition space for smaller temporary exhibitions. On the 2nd floor, large temporary exhibitions are presented on an area of 550 square meters. The museum roof houses a radio station that can be visited and used on occasion.

Your Visit

Admission fees

Adults from 18 years: 9 €
Reduced admission: 5 €
Children, teenagers (6 – 17 years): 3 €
Children under 14 years only if accompanied by an adult

Our reductions

Reduced admission is available for schoolchildren, students (not students of the University of the 3rd age U3L), persons doing federal voluntary service, unemployed persons, severely disabled persons with a reduction in earning capacity of 50 GdB or more, Frankfurt Pass/Culture Pass holders, holders of the Hessian Volunteer Card.

Special offers

Admission free
ICOM members, holders of MuseumsuferCard, MuseumsuferTickets, accompanying persons of groups & school classes, students of Frankfurt universities (Goethe University, University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences).
“Free Fridays!” campaign
free admission on Fridays for school classes & groups of 10 or more people

Opening hours in detail

Tuesday and Thursday 9 am – 5pm
Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Holidays 10 am – 6 pm
Wednesday 10 am – 8 pm
Monday closed

Holidays

Opening hours during the holidays: 10 am – 6 pm
Christmas/New Year: The museum is closed on 24/12, 25/12 and 31/12, 1/1.

How to reach us

Museum of Communication Frankfurt
Schaumainkai 53 (Museumsufer)
60596 Frankfurt on the Main

Phone +49 (0)69 60 60 0
Fax +49 (0)69 60 60 666
E-Mail mfk-frankfurt@mspt.de

Transport connections
From the city center:
Subway lines U 1, U 2, U 3, U 8, stop “Schweizer Platz”.

From the main train station:
Subway lines U 4, U 5, “Willy-Brandt-Platz” stop
Streetcar line 16

The museum is mostly barrier-free.

Exhibitions

Acceleration, networks, control and participation: We tell media history(s) based on four major phenomena and address different facets of communication in our temporary exhibitions. In this way, we span arcs from the past to the present, from our objects to you as a visitor.

Now on View / Coming Soon

Audio Guide EN/FR

Tour through the permanent exhibition

Download the app, save the tour of the Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt offline and off you go: With the Lauschtour app, visitors can wander through the museum’s permanent exhibition.

You can find the Lauschtour App for iPhones in the Apple App Store or for Android devices in Google Play.

Digital Offers

Education and Mediation