Museum Giersch
The Museum Giersch is an art gallery on the Main River in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in the Museumsufer area. The museum opened in 2000. It hosts a changing series of exhibitions displaying the art and cultural history of the Rhine-Main area, with the aim of promoting the region's cultural identity.- Opening hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
public holidays: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Also known as: “MGGU”
- Address: Schaumainkai 83, Frankfurt am Main, 60596
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Städel and Liebieghaus.
Städel
Museum
The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany. Städel is situated 340 metres northeast of Museum Giersch.
Liebieghaus
Museum
The Liebieghaus is a late 19th-century villa in Frankfurt, Germany. It contains a sculpture museum, the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, which is part of the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. Liebieghaus is situated 110 metres east of Museum Giersch.
Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
Railway station
Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof is the busiest train station in the German state of Hesse and the second busiest train station in Germany behind Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof is situated 800 metres northwest of Museum Giersch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bahnhofsviertel and Sachsenhausen.
Bahnhofsviertel
Suburb
The Bahnhofsviertel is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I. The Bahnhofsviertel was developed between 1891 and 1915.
Sachsenhausen
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 Sachsenhausen is generally considered a single entity.
Altstadt
Altstadt is in Frankfurt. The old town of Frankfurt with the Römer and the Imperial Cathedral is surrounded by the city centre which is enclosed by the Main River and the former ramparts, now a green space.Museum Giersch
- Categories: art museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Frankfurt, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.10138° or 50° 6′ 5″ north
Longitude
8.67023° or 8° 40′ 13″ east
Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)
Inception
2000
Wheelchair access
limited
Operator
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Open location code
9F2C4M2C+H3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Museum Giersch” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “地区艺术博物馆”
- Chinese: “季爾緒博物館”
- Dutch: “Museum Giersch”
- French: “Museum Giersch”
- German: “Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität”
- German: “Museum Giersch”
- Russian: “Музей Гирша”
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