A tiger comes to tea

2026-06-21 @ 14:00

Sophie and her mother have just sat down when the doorbell rings. A big tiger is standing in front of it and because he is very hungry, they invite him in for tea. We read this wonderfully amusing story by the famous children's author and illustrator Judith Kerr in our cozy library. Admission is free, but seating is limited. We therefore ask you to book a free ticket at: juedischesmuseum.de/tickets ; remaining tickets may be available at the museum box office.

A man like you

2026-06-21 @ 19:00

The conductor Hans Wilhelm Steinberg was Kapellmeister of the Frankfurt Opera in the 1920s and shaped its program with premieres and first performances by Arnold Schönberg. After he was dismissed as a Jew in 1933, he took over the musical direction of the Kulturbund Deutscher Juden. From 1936, he helped to establish the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, emigrated to the USA shortly afterwards and continued his career there with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The music theater evening at the Museum...

Between the worlds

2026-06-22 @ 19:00

Since 2017, the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer des Jüdischen Museums and the Freunde des Ensemble Modern e. V. have been organizing chamber music concerts with works by Jewish composers. Many of them were persecuted and murdered during the Nazi era, such as Erwin Schulhoff and Viktor Ullmann. The performance of works by living artists such as Talia Amar and Dana Barak also builds a bridge to contemporary reflections on Jewish identity and the role of the Jews in society.

Rummikub & Co.

2026-06-25 @ 18:00

Whether old or young: playing brings people together. As part of our wellbeing offers, we are inviting all interested parties to a games evening in our library for the second time. In addition to tried-and-tested classic games such as "Mensch ärgere Dich nicht!" and "Rummikub" or modern hits such as "Flügelschlag", the evening will also feature lesser-known games with Jewish stories as well as games devised by Jewish game designers. In a relaxed atmosphere, the...

Yoga in the museum

2026-06-25 @ 18:30

Every Thursday outside of the Hessian school vacations, the library of the Jewish Museum is the place to be for physical relaxation. In cooperation with Makkabi Frankfurt, you can spend 75 minutes on the mats - which you should ideally bring with you - in this bright and attractive room. Taster sessions or even several yoga evenings can be booked at makkabi-frankfurt.de/abteilung/yoga. No membership is required.

Family Tour at the Jewish Museum

2026-06-27 @ 11:00

Discover, marvel and experience history together. Our hands-on guided tour for families through the permanent exhibition at Museum Judengasse is guaranteed not to be boring! The tours are specially designed for families with children and combine fun, games and stories. Participation is free of charge. Please register in advance via our online ticket store.

Family tour at the Jewish Museum: Mishpocha - What is family for you?

2026-06-27 @ 14:00

This Saturday is all about the theme of “family.” What does a family tree look like, and what diversity can be seen in its branches? And what roles do we ourselves play—as children or parents—in our own families? Interactive family tour of our temporary exhibition “MISHPOCHA. The Art of Collaboration”: Discover family as a creative network, explore art on identity and migration, and create your own sounds together at loop stations. Admission is free; at…

The festival hall in November 1938

2026-06-29 @ 18:00

During the November pogroms of 1938, the Secret State Police, SA and SS deported more than 3,000 Jews from Frankfurt to the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. Most of the men were forcibly taken to the Festhalle before the transports, where they were subjected to humiliation and severe abuse. The guided tour provides information about the excesses of violence at the historical site; the documentary "Julius Meyer - November 1938" by director Heiko Arendt will also be shown. Mon, June 29,...

MISHPOCHA. The Art of Collaboration

2026-07-02 @ 18:00

MISCHPOCHE - Yiddish for family - is rethought in this interactive exhibition. Under the artistic direction of Mike D (from the Beastie Boys), the Jewish Museum team has developed an interdisciplinary exhibition and happening project together with Atelier Markgraph and the IMA Clique, which is divided into four themed rooms and begins in the forecourt. Guided tours of the exhibition will take place on Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m., on...

Exhibition Highlights

2026-07-05 @ 14:00

Frankfurt's Jewish history from 1800 to the present day is multi-faceted and dynamic. The exhibition calls attention to the achievements of Emancipation and the transition to the modern age, while at the same time revealing the close connection between the Enlightenment and modernization and the hostility towards Jews that ultimately led to the Shoah. The tour gives an overview of the themes of the permanent exhibition and tells the story of the museum as it presents the exhibition's key...

Do you know the House of Life?

2026-07-05 @ 14:00

More than 2,000 gravestones can still be found in the Jewish cemetery on Battonnstraße: one of the most important Jewish cemeteries in Europe and one of the oldest monuments to Frankfurt's cultural history. Why it is still visited by Jews from all over the world is just as much a topic of the tour as the burial customs and the enigmatic pictures on the gravestones. The meeting point is the entrance to the Judengasse Museum. Participation is included in the museum admission...

"Invisible places" in Frankfurt's station district

2026-07-09 @ 16:30

In the city tour, visible signs of remembrance are supplemented by invisible, personal memories of the history of Jews after 1945. The app of the same name takes participants on a search for traces through Frankfurt. "Invisible Places" shows where the memories of Jews intersect with the stories of the Greek, Spanish, Turkish and Italian communities, where their everyday lives took place and how the city became a place of remembrance after 1945.

Light building and city palace - the architecture of the Jewish Museum

2026-07-12 @ 14:00

The Jewish Museum combines old and new, a historic town house from the 19th century with a modern building, in the middle of which light falls. In 2022, it was awarded the most important architecture prize, the "Great Nike" of the Association of German Architects (BDA). How does the perception of the exterior differ from that of the interior? And what gestures and materials characterize the architecture inside? Participation is...

Masel and Broche - everyday life in the Judengasse

2026-07-12 @ 14:00

When the city of Frankfurt plans to erect a new building for the municipal utilities in 1987, the foundations of houses in the former Judengasse come to light. After public controversy, part of the archaeological finds were used to set up the Judengasse Museum. This now takes up the controversies in the entrance area and goes into the history of the place, namely the old Jewish cemetery, the Börneplatz synagogue destroyed in 1938 and the memorial for the deported and deported...

Remembering Mass Deportations from Frankfurt

2026-07-17 @ 18:00

From 1941 to 1945, the Gestapo used the cellar of the Grossmarkthalle (central market hall) as a collecting point for Jews who were to be deported. Nearly 10,000 people were forcibly dragged from here to ghettos and concentration and extermination camps. The memorial commemorates these events and the significance of the site. It is located on the ground of the European Central Bank and is partially accessible to the public. Read more about the memorial here. You can register for our public...