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Schaumainkai museum complex description and photos - Germany: Frankfurt am Main. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Schaumainkai.

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There is a whole complex of museums on the Shaumankai embankment

The Museum of Applied Arts was opened in 1983 in a rebuilt building that united the Biedermeier house and the Metzler mansion. It has a magnificent collection of arts and crafts from Europe and Asia. The Museum of Ethnography is located nearby.

The Museum of Architecture is located in an avant-garde building, designed by O.M. Ungers. In addition to the permanent exhibition, temporary exhibitions dedicated to the architecture of the twentieth century are organized here.

Nearby is the German Film Museum, which contains many documents and objects related to the history of the film industry. The museum has its own cinema, where old and rare films are shown.

The Sculpture Museum is located in the Liebig House. Here you can see works from ancient times to Mannerism, Baroque and Rococo. Including fine examples of ancient Egyptian art, Renaissance art and neoclassicism.

The Staedel Art Institute bears the name of its founder - banker Johann Friedrich Staedel, who in 1815 bequeathed his art collection to the city. The museum grew through gifts and various acquisitions. The ground floor of the building houses temporary exhibitions of paintings and drawings. The second floor is devoted to works of art of the 19th-20th centuries. The third one contains works by old masters - European artists of the XIV-XVIII centuries, including paintings by Botticelli, Bosch, Jan van Eyck, Jan Vermeer, Rembrandt, Watteau and many other famous masters.

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