Frankfurt’s museum of contemporary art, with more than 5,000 works across three venues: Hollein’s “Tortenstück” (slice of cake), ZOLLAMT MMK and TOWER MMK in the TaunusTurm.
April 25, 2026 – October 25, 2026
The first major survey of the Indigenous American painter Fritz Scholder (1937–2005) outside North America, at TOWER MMK: paintings, drawings, collages and lithographs that exaggerate clichéd images of Native Americans and expand on Pop Art.
September 12, 2026 – January 10, 2027
The first institutional solo exhibition of Sudanese painter Amel Bashier, at ZOLLAMT MMK, featuring many new works that celebrate the strength and vulnerability of women in vibrant colors.
The idea for a Frankfurt museum of contemporary art dates back to the era of Hilmar Hoffmann, the city’s head of cultural affairs, who reshaped Frankfurt’s cultural landscape. The museum was founded in 1981; around the same time, the city acquired large parts of the collection of Darmstadt industrialist Karl Ströher, whose American Pop Art and Minimal Art formed the core of the holdings. Until the opening, the critic Peter Iden ran the institution on an interim basis.
In 1983 the Viennese architect Hans Hollein was commissioned to design a building for the triangular vacant lot on Domstraße. Because of its shape, his postmodern building is popularly known as the “Tortenstück” (slice of cake); it arranges some 30 exhibition rooms of different shapes around a top-lit central hall. The museum opened in June 1991 under founding director Jean-Christophe Ammann; he was followed by Udo Kittelmann (2002–2008), Susanne Gaensheimer (2009–2017) and, from 2018, Susanne Pfeffer.
Since 2007 the MMK has used the former main customs office diagonally across the street, a 1927 building of the Neues Frankfurt movement, as a second venue; among other things, it presents the Ponto Prize for young art. In 2014 around 2,000 square meters of exhibition space in the TaunusTurm in the banking district were added. The collection now comprises more than 5,000 works and continues to grow thanks to foundations, the friends’ association and Frankfurt companies.
In October 2024 work began on the final phase of an extensive fire-safety renovation of the listed main building, which is scheduled to be completed during 2026. Until then, the museum is showing its exhibitions at ZOLLAMT MMK and TOWER MMK.
| Adults | €11 |
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| Reduced | €5School students, university students, apprentices, unemployed people, people with severe disabilities, Frankfurt Card holders and groups of 20 or more (with proof) |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Children and young people under 18 get free admission. |
| Seniors | –No senior discount listed. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €5Reduced admission for people with severe disabilities (combined ticket €5, TOWER €4, ZOLLAMT €3); no policy for companions is stated. |
| Students & apprentices | €5Students of Goethe University, the Städelschule, HfG Offenbach, HfMDK and Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences get free admission. |
| Groups (20+ people) | €5 per personReduced admission for groups of 20 or more (combined ticket €5, TOWER €4, ZOLLAMT €3 per person). Guided tours and workshops can be booked through the art education department (kunstvermittlung.mmk@stadt-frankfurt.de, +49 69 21240691). Teachers accompanying a school class are admitted free. |
| Families | –No dedicated family ticket; children and young people under 18 are free. The MuseumsuferTicket for families (2 days, all Frankfurt Museumsufer museums) costs €32. |
Free admission: Every last Saturday of the month (SaTOURday), often with free family guided tours
Prices are for the combined ticket for ZOLLAMT MMK and TOWER MMK; single tickets: TOWER MMK €8 (reduced €4), ZOLLAMT MMK €6 (reduced €3). Frankfurt-Pass holders pay €1. Free admission for, among others, Friends of the MMK, ICOM members, MuseumsuferCard holders and refugees. Available at the ticket desk: MuseumsuferTicket (2 days) €21/€12, MuseumsuferCard (annual pass) €89/€45, family annual pass €150.
Certified under “Reisen für Alle” (Travel for All) at all three venues. TOWER MMK: step-free access, elevator, accessible restrooms on the ground floor and 2nd floor. ZOLLAMT MMK: access via the elevator in the neighboring Haus am Dom (ring the bell at the entrance; only during its opening hours), no accessible restroom. Main building (currently closed): accessible main entrance, elevator to all levels, restroom in the basement, tactile floor indicators, tactile maps, handrails with Braille, wheelchairs and rollators available on loan with advance notice, accessible parking space at the corner of Domstraße/Braubachstraße. Free monthly guided tours in German Sign Language (DGS), in Plain Language and with detailed descriptions for blind visitors; free “MMK begleitet” companion service with live audio description. For every exhibition there is a booklet in Easy-to-Read German, large print, audio descriptions, DGS videos and tactile models of selected works; portable stools free of charge.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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KONFETTI (ages 4–6) and KIOSK (ages 6 and up) workshops at TOWER MMK, free family workshops and guided tours on SaTOURday (children 7 and up), bookable children’s tours and birthday parties for ages 6 to 12, and online workshops (KLICK).
Dom/Römer
ZOLLAMT MMK and main building: U4/U5 Dom/Römer, tram 11, 12, 14 Römer/Paulskirche, S-Bahn and U-Bahn Konstablerwache. TOWER MMK: U1–U5, U8 and tram 11, 12, 14 Willy-Brandt-Platz, S1–S6, S8, S9 Taunusanlage.
Elaine’s Deli right at TOWER MMK (Mon–Fri 7:30–18:00, Wed until 20:00, Sat/Sun 10:00–18:00; sun terrace). The bakery and vegetarian restaurant “mehlwassersalz” in the main building is currently closed. Bookshops in the foyer of the main building and at TOWER MMK. Lockers at TOWER MMK; ZOLLAMT MMK has no coat check (otherwise free coat check in the main building).
Up to 300 guests.
Spaces at all three venues are available for corporate events and private occasions, usually in the evening after opening hours. The main building (lecture hall with 100 seats, foyer, museum restaurant) cannot be booked during the fire-safety renovation. ZOLLAMT MMK: foyer for standing receptions of up to 200 people; the entire 500 m² space (seated dinners for up to 300) only when no exhibition is on. TOWER MMK: exclusive guided tours for up to 45 people, standing reception at Elaine’s Deli for up to 60. Contact: events.mmk@stadt-frankfurt.de, +49 69 21237953.
Inquiries & details| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| School programs | yes |
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