Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
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]
Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt | |
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Established | 1958 | /1990
Location | Schaumainkai 53, Museumsufer, Frankfurt, Germany |
Coordinates | 50°06′16″N 8°40′33″E / 50.10445°N 8.67579°E |
Type | Museum |
Visitors | 112,625 (2018)[1] |
Architect | Günter Behnisch |
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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
editThe 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
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Telephone booth, Deutsche Reichspost
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View from the ground floor to the basement
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Stamp: 100 years of the museum for post in Frankfurt
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Variable value stamp
Depot
edit- Sammlungsstandort Heusenstamm, Philipp-Reis-Straße 4–8[12]
See also
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edit- ^ "Besucherzahlen der Frankfurter Museen 2018". Stadtkind Frankfurt - Reflexionen aus dem urbanen Leben (in German). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Museum for Communication Frankfurt". Stadt Frankfurt Am Main. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt – Museum für Kommunikation – Sammlungen". Museum für Kommunikation – Sammlungen – Die Sammlungen der Museumsstiftung (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Museum für Kommunikation - Museum rund um Telekommunikation und andere Kommunikationsformen". Metropolregion Rhein-Main (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ a b "I Want To Go There: Frankfurt Museum for Communication". ERIH. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Museumsstiftung – Kommunikation". Museumsstiftung – Kommunikation (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Museen – MfK Frankfurt – Museumsstiftung". Museumsstiftung – Kommunikation (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ Schwarz, Eberhard (3 July 2008). "Technik-Depot: Gelbe Post-Käfer und alte Klappenschränke". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Stiftung – Geschichte – Museumsstiftung". Museumsstiftung – Kommunikation (in German). 10 December 1979. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt". Museumsufer Frankfurt. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Museumscafé & Shop – Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt". Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt – Kommunikation. Gestern, Heute, Morgen (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Sammlungsstandort Heusenstamm – Museum für Kommunikation – Sammlungen". Museum für Kommunikation – Sammlungen – Die Sammlungen der Museumsstiftung (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
Further reading
edit- "Die Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation - BMF-Monatsbericht November 2020". Bundesministerium der Finanzen (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- North, Gottfried (1974). Bundespostmuseum, Frankfurt am Main (in German). Frankfurt: Bundespostmuseum. OCLC 4958873.
- Barnekow, Rolf; Kastens, Andrea (1990). German Postal Museum, Frankfurt/Main. Braunschweig: Westermann. OCLC 34159775.
External links
edit- Official website
- "Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt". Museumsufer Frankfurt. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- YouTube video introduction to museum in German