Goethe's reconstructed family home on Großer Hirschgraben, together with the Goethe-Galerie and the Deutsches Romantik-Museum of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift.
25. september 2026 – 20. oktober 2026
Studio exhibition in the manuscript studio of the Romantik-Museum featuring 22 autographs that the Frankfurt collector bequeathed to the Hochstift – including Goethe's poem “Die Dinte macht uns wohl gelehrt”.
6. november 2026 – 21. februar 2027
Small show in the Deutsches Romantik-Museum with five works from the Prinzhorn Collection on the experience of alienation at the onset of psychosis, placed near exhibits on the uncanny in Romanticism.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in the house on Großer Hirschgraben on August 28, 1749, and spent his childhood and youth here until he left for Weimar in 1775. In 1755/56 his father, Johann Caspar Goethe, had two inherited half-timbered houses converted into a stately Rococo-style townhouse. Early works such as “Götz von Berlichingen”, “The Sorrows of Young Werther” and the first version of “Faust” were written in these rooms.
After Goethe's mother moved out in 1795, the house changed hands several times. In 1863 it was acquired by the Freies Deutsches Hochstift, an educational association founded by Frankfurt citizens in 1859, which opened it to the public as the first publicly accessible Goethe memorial. In 1897 a separate museum and library building, the Frankfurter Goethe-Museum, was built next door and was considerably expanded in 1932.
During the air raids of March 1944, the Goethe-Haus and the museum were completely destroyed; the most valuable parts of the collection had been moved to safety beforehand. After a nationwide debate, the family home was faithfully reconstructed using salvaged materials and reopened in 1951, followed by the museum in 1954.
Today, in addition to the historically furnished rooms, the Hochstift shows a picture gallery of the Goethe era and, since September 2021, the Deutsches Romantik-Museum in the neighboring new building, the first museum devoted to Romanticism as an entire epoch. The institute conducts research and publishes editions on Goethe, Brentano and Hofmannsthal, among others, and holds important collections of manuscripts, art and books. Some 75 years after the reconstruction, a comprehensive renovation of the Goethe-Haus is planned while it remains open.
| Voksne | 12 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 5 €People with a degree of disability (GdB) of 50 or more, unemployed people, people doing military or voluntary service, and holders of the Frankfurt-Pass |
| Børn og unge | 3 €gratis til og med 6 år · Children up to 6 free, school students €3. On family tours, participants up to 18 are admitted free. |
| Pensionister | –No senior discount mentioned. |
| Personer med handicap | 5 €Reduced from a degree of disability (GdB) of 50; no policy for companions is mentioned. |
| Studerende og elever | 7 €University students and apprentices €7, school students €3. |
| Grupper (fra 15 pers.) | 10 € pr. personFrom 15 people. Group tours (Goethe-Haus max. 25, Romantik-Museum max. 15 people) plus a €80 tour fee, €50 for school and university students, €100 in a foreign language (including English, French and Italian); advance inquiry required. |
| Familier | 18 €Maximum of 2 adults with children up to and including age 18. |
The ticket is valid for the Goethe-Haus and the Deutsches Romantik-Museum. Combined ticket with special exhibition €15 (students €9, reduced €7, school students €5.50, family €23); special exhibition only €7. “Feierabend im Museum” (after-work at the museum) every first Thursday of the month, 18:00–21:00, for €1. Frankfurt Card €6, Kulturpass €1. Free with the MuseumsuferCard or MuseumsuferTicket, ICOM card and Ehrenamts-Card Hessen (volunteer card), and for members of the Hochstift. Tickets only at the museum ticket desk, no online booking; time slots are not required. Public guided tours are included in admission. Media guide rental €3 plus deposit.
The historic Goethe-Haus can only be reached via stairs; wheelchairs and strollers cannot be used there. The new building with the Deutsches Romantik-Museum, the Goethe-Galerie and the temporary exhibition area, as well as the Arkadensaal (arcade hall), are accessible; a rollator is provided on request. Bookable tours include tours in Easy and Plain Language (Leichte and Einfache Sprache), a multisensory tour and a tour for blind and visually impaired people; the media guide is also available in Plain Language. Assistance dogs allowed.
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 6 år |
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| Familiebillet | 18 € · Maximum of 2 adults with children up to and including age 18. |
Family tours on the second and fourth Saturday of the month at 14:00 (children up to 18 free), plus children's programs such as SaTOURday and children's theater as well as creative workshops. Strollers are not allowed in the exhibition and are kept in a separate room at the ticket desk; the historic house is accessible only via stairs.
Hauptwache
S1–S6, S8, S9 and U1, U2, U3, U6, U7, U8 to Hauptwache; U4, U5 to Dom/Römer; tram 11, 12, 14 to Karmeliterkloster.
Parkering muligt
No dedicated parking; public parking garages Hauptwache (Kornmarkt 10), am Goetheplatz (Goetheplatz 2A) and am Kaiserplatz (Bethmannstraße 50–54).
According to the website, the visitor address is Großer Hirschgraben 21 (new building); the historic Goethe-Haus is No. 23.
Planlæg ruteCloakroom and lockers (€100 if the key is lost). Free Wi-Fi in the museum. Online shop of the Hochstift (shop.freies-deutsches-hochstift.de); the website gives no information about a café or museum shop on site.
No information on venue rental found on the Hochstift's websites.
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 50 min. |
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| Audioguide | ja (DE, EN, KO) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Fotografering | Allowed for private purposes without flash, tripod or selfie stick; a ban on photography and filming may apply in temporary exhibitions. |
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