MUSEUM NIGHT: Art, culture, undiscovered places until late at night

“The NIGHT OF MUSEUMS impressively demonstrates how vibrant and diverse our museum landscape is – from contemporary art to hands-on science, from street culture to romanticism, from dance floors to rooftop terraces,” says Dr. Ina Hartwig, Frankfurt’s Head of Culture and Science. “It invites you to playfully switch between genres, generations, and neighborhoods and to soak up and enjoy the special atmosphere of this culturally rich night.”

Climb the cathedral at night, try out a flight simulator, or dance between sculptures to electro beats
The Goethe University’s Museum Giersch is dedicated to questions about the future of the planet – with exhibitions, workshops, and a reading by anthropologist and speculative fiction author Steven Gonzalez Monserrate. In Offenbach, the Klingspor Museum invites visitors to explore contemporary comic art at workshops, bars, and readings, while SCAPE° becomes a hands-on workshop on weather, climate, and culture.

The NACHT also offers a variety of musical experiences: at MOMEM, the Museum of Modern Electronic Music, DJs will take over the club night from 9:30 p.m., and at the Jewish Museum, DJ Naro will get the dance floor rocking. At the Liebieghaus, electronic sounds will be heard among the sculptures of Isa Genzken, while the Museum for Communication will celebrate drag, voguing, and electro—with a catwalk, comedy, and peep installations. Swing Belleville will play jazz manouche at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum, complementing “Brain Magic” by Dr. Harry Keaton, and the Weltkulturen Museum will present feedback sounds from the No-Input Workshop.

And many venues invite visitors to join in: the EXPERIMINTA Science Center with dry ice and a flight simulator, the Museum of Applied Arts with workshops on design classics of the New Frankfurt, and the German Film Museum with a one-shot party, blue box photo campaign, live film soundtrack, and DJ lineup. The Historical Museum invites its guests to dance at a swing workshop – in keeping with the title of the current exhibition, “Bewegung!” (Movement!). The young art scene presents itself at the Frankfurter Kunstverein with an exhibition, director-led tours, and danceable sounds. At the Struwwelpeter Museum, visitors can attend collage workshops and experience the guitar duo “Frankfurter Zweierlei” live.

Focus for 2025: Photography and New Frankfurt
This year, there is a special focus on photography. The Städel Museum is presenting a major retrospective of the feminist artist Annegret Soltau. The Haus am Dom is showing poetic photographs by Manfred Koch under the title “Meerhimmelland” (Sea Sky Land) – with an atmospheric view from the roof terrace. The Crespo Open Space – participating in the NIGHT OF MUSEUMS for the first time – is exhibiting works by the winners of the “After Nature. Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize 2024.” Works by young, international photographers on contemporary themes can be seen at the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, complemented by exclusive insights into the collection and a lecture by artist Florian Albrecht-Schoeck on artificial intelligence (AI) in photography.
And the Museum of Applied Arts MAK is presenting its newly opened exhibition “100 Years of New Frankfurt,” the core exhibition kicking off the city-wide program in the anniversary year.

Exploring hidden places
Exploring otherwise hidden places is also part of the special appeal of NACHT: for example, on torchlight tours through the Fischergewölbe under the Alte Brücke, on the roof terrace of the Goldene Waage, or on nighttime ascents to the cathedral tower. The European Central Bank offers insights into its art collection and visitor center upon prior registration, the Galerie Greulich shows AI art in urban spaces, while Massif E marks a new spot on the cultural map with the spectacularly restored 14-meter-wide mural by film designer Hein Heckroth in the former E-Kinos cinema.

Info at a glance

MUSEUM NIGHT: Over 40 cultural institutions in Frankfurt, Offenbach, and Eschborn are offering a rich program of art and culture at MUSEUM NIGHT 2025, including guided tours, performances, live music, film screenings, and workshops. In addition to their permanent and special exhibitions, each institution offers a varied supporting program with corresponding (short) guided tours.

The complete program is available here: https://nacht.museumsufer.de/

Date & location: Saturday, May 10, 2025, 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. (closing times vary for individual venues; see program booklet and website for details); Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach, and Eschborn.

Tickets and directions: Tickets are €17, reduced €12, and are available at all participating museums, online, and at the usual advance sales outlets, as well as at the central information tent on Paulsplatz (from noon). The reduced admission ticket for €12 is only valid with photo ID and proof of eligibility for children under 18, schoolchildren, trainees, students, federal volunteers, unemployed persons, severely disabled persons, and Frankfurt Pass/Kulturpass holders. MuseumsuferCard holders and children and young people with the Kultur- und Freizeitticket (KUFTI) have free admission.

Most of the museums are connected by shuttle buses (approx. every 10 minutes), and the historic tram also runs between selected stops. Ideal for relaxed arrival and departure and quick travel between museums: for the first time, the admission price also includes an RMV ticket for the entire transport network in the Rhine-Main area (from five hours before the start of the event until 11 a.m. the following day).

For MuseumsuferCard and KUFTI holders, use of the RMV network is not included in their annual ticket.

Good to know: Bag checks will be carried out; large bags and backpacks as well as food and drinks should be left at home.

Organizer: The NIGHT OF MUSEUMS is an event organized by the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main in cooperation with k/c/e Marketing GmbH. The organizer is the Museum Cooperation Pool, represented by the City Council of Frankfurt am Main.