Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt

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Museum for Communication Frankfurt
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
The Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt in 2010
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Former name
  • Museum für Post und Kommunikation
  • Bundespostmuseum
Established1958 (1958)/1990 (1990)
LocationSchaumainkai 53, Museumsufer, Frankfurt, Germany
Coordinates50°06′16″N 8°40′33″E / 50.10445°N 8.67579°E / 50.10445; 8.67579
TypeMuseum
Visitors112,625 (2018)[1]
ArchitectGünter Behnisch
Public transit access

The Museum für Kommunikation (MfK) is a museum of the history of communication in Frankfurt, Germany.[2] It opened on 31 January 1958 under the name Bundespostmuseum (National Postal Museum) and is on Frankfurt's Museumsufer (Museum Riverbank).[3]

The museum was owned by Deutsche Bundespost until 1994. The present building, a modern and transparent glass structure, opened in 1990 and was designed by architect Günter Behnisch.[4] Following the opening of the new building, the museum acquired its present name,[4] and it is now managed by the Museum Trust for Post and Telecommunications, which was established in 1995 during the federal postal reforms that followed re-unification.[5][6]

Exhibition[edit]

The main exhibition of the museum is located on the underground level.[7] It features a comprehensive history of the development and spread of various methods of communication throughout human history, including mail, telegraph, telephone, radio, television and computer, as well as objects relating to these mediums.[7] It had its beginnings with a collection established in Berlin by Heinrich von Stephan (1831–97), which was expanded by Deutsche Bundespost from 1958.[8][9] It now has displays ranging from the earliest Cuneiform tablets to the latest digital technology.[5][10]

An information center and the museum shop and café are located on the ground level.[11] The first floor features a children's exhibition area, while temporary exhibits are found on the second floor.

Gallery[edit]

  • Telephone booth, Deutsche Reichspost
    Telephone booth, Deutsche Reichspost
  • View from the ground floor to the basement
    View from the ground floor to the basement
  • Stamp: 100 years of the museum for post in Frankfurt
    Stamp: 100 years of the museum for post in Frankfurt
  • Variable value stamp
    Variable value stamp

Depot[edit]

DAAG Postbus, Depot Heusenstamm

Museumsufer[edit]

Museum für Kommunikation is part of the Museumsufer.

Museumsufer Frankfurt
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Klingspor Museum (Offenbach)
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German Leather Museum (Offenbach)
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Eintracht Frankfurt Museum (Waldstadion)
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Naturmuseum Senckenberg (Westend, Frankfurt)
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Deutsches Romantik-Museum / Goethe House External
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Frankfurter Judengasse Museum (Preserved foundations from the Ghetto)
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Museum für Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Museum)
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (Art exhibition venue)
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Caricatura Museum Frankfurt
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Historical Museum, Frankfurt
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Frankfurt Archaeological Museum (de)
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Jewish Museum Frankfurt
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Museum Giersch (Art and culture of Rhine-Main) North Bank
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Liebieghaus (Classical sculpture collection)
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Städel (Fine Arts Museum)
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Museum für Kommunikation
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German Architecture Museum
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Deutsches Filmmuseum (de) (German Film Museum)
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Museum der Weltkulturen (Ethnological Museum)
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Museum Angewandte Kunst (Applied Arts)
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Portikus (Exhibition hall for contemporary art)
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Icon Museum (de) (Museum of Orthodox sacred Art)
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Hindemith Kabinett im Kuhhirtenturm (de)

Museums of the Museumsufer, Frankfurt am Main
South Bank
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Hindemith Kabinett im Kuhhirtenturm (de)
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Icon Museum (de) (Museum of Orthodox sacred Art)
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Portikus (Exhibition hall for contemporary art)
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Museum Angewandte Kunst (Applied Arts)
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Museum der Weltkulturen (Ethnological Museum)
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Deutsches Filmmuseum (de) (German Film Museum)
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German Architecture Museum
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Museum für Kommunikation
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Städel (Fine Arts Museum)
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Liebieghaus (Classical sculpture collection)
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Museum Giersch (Art and culture of Rhine-Main)
North Bank
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Jewish Museum Frankfurt
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Frankfurt Archaeological Museum (de)
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Historical Museum, Frankfurt
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Caricatura Museum Frankfurt
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (Art exhibition venue)
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Museum für Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Museum)
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Frankfurter Judengasse Museum (Preserved foundations from the Ghetto)
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Deutsches Romantik-Museum / Goethe House
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Naturmuseum Senckenberg (Westend, Frankfurt)
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Eintracht Frankfurt Museum (Waldstadion)
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German Leather Museum (Offenbach)
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Klingspor Museum (Offenbach)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Besucherzahlen der Frankfurter Museen 2018". Stadtkind Frankfurt - Reflexionen aus dem urbanen Leben (in German). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Museum for Communication Frankfurt". Stadt Frankfurt Am Main. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt – Museum für Kommunikation – Sammlungen". Museum für Kommunikation – Sammlungen – Die Sammlungen der Museumsstiftung (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Museum für Kommunikation - Museum rund um Telekommunikation und andere Kommunikationsformen". Metropolregion Rhein-Main (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "I Want To Go There: Frankfurt Museum for Communication". ERIH. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Museumsstiftung – Kommunikation". Museumsstiftung – Kommunikation (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Museen – MfK Frankfurt – Museumsstiftung". Museumsstiftung – Kommunikation (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  8. ^ Schwarz, Eberhard (3 July 2008). "Technik-Depot: Gelbe Post-Käfer und alte Klappenschränke". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Stiftung – Geschichte – Museumsstiftung". Museumsstiftung – Kommunikation (in German). 10 December 1979. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt". Museumsufer Frankfurt. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Museumscafé & Shop – Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt". Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt – Kommunikation. Gestern, Heute, Morgen (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Sammlungsstandort Heusenstamm – Museum für Kommunikation – Sammlungen". Museum für Kommunikation – Sammlungen – Die Sammlungen der Museumsstiftung (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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