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Museum der Weltkulturen

The Museum of World Cultures is an ethnological museum in , Germany. Until 2001 it was called the Museum of Ethnology. It is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer.
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weltkulturenmuseum.de
+49 69 21231510
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  • Opening hours:
    Wednesday: 11:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Thursday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Email: weltkulturen.museum@stadt-frankfurt.de
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: ethnological museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Also known as: “Museum für Völkerkunde”
  • Address: Schaumainkai 29-37, Frankfurt am Main, 60594
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum Angewandte Kunst and Deutsches Architekturmuseum.

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The is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer. The alternating exhibitions recount tales of cultural values and changing living conditions. is situated 130 metres northeast of Museum der Weltkulturen.

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The , or DAM, is located on the Museumsufer in Frankfurt, Germany. Housed in an 18th-century building, the interior has been re-designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers in 1984 as a set of "elemental Platonic buildings within elemental Platonic buildings". is situated 170 metres southwest of Museum der Weltkulturen.

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The , officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in , with one of the most important collections in Germany. is situated 480 metres southwest of Museum der Weltkulturen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sachsenhausen and Bahnhofsviertel.

Suburb
Sachsenhausen-Nord and Sachsenhausen-Süd are two quarters of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as is generally considered a single entity.

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The is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, . It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I. The was developed between 1891 and 1915.

Suburb
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Westend-Nord and Westend-Süd are two city districts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as the is generally considered an entity.

Museum der Weltkulturen

Latitude
50.10574° or 50° 6′ 21″ north
Longitude
8.67936° or 8° 40′ 46″ east
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
Inception
1904
Open location code
9F2C4M4H+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 300928576
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
10228794
Wiki­data ID
Q1954571
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Museum der Weltkulturen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Weltkulturen Museum”
  • Chinese: “世界文化博物館”
  • Chinese: “世界文化博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Museum der Weltkulturen”
  • Esperanto: “Museum der Weltkulturen”
  • French: “Weltkulturen Museum”
  • German: “Weltkulturen Museum”
  • Hungarian: “Museum der Weltkulturen”
  • Hungarian: “Weltkulturen Museum”
  • Italian: “Weltkulturen Museum”
  • Japanese: “世界文化博物館”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej svetovnih kultur”
  • Slovenian: “Weltkulturen Museum”
  • Spanish: “Weltkulturen Museum”
  • “Museum der Weltkulturen”
  • “Museum für Völkerkunde Frankfurt am Main”
  • “Museum of World Cultures”
  • “Weltkulturen Museum”

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