Between March 12 and 26, 2025, these museums will be traveling through Frankfurt again: the Museum of Communication Frankfurt, the Senckenberg Nature Museum, the DFF – German Film Institute and Film Museum, the Young Museum Frankfurt, the Institute of City History, the Archaeological Museum Frankfurt, the German Architecture Museum Frankfurt and the Weltkulturenmuseum.
You can visit the museums in these district libraries: Gallus, Griesheim, Nieder-Eschbach, Niederrad, Rödelheim, Sindlingen, Sossenheim and Schwanheim.
In the workshops, everyone between the ages of six and eleven can examine objects under stereo microscopes, decipher hieroglyphics, experience stories in their own light theater, design children’s rights on a printing press, write with pen and ink, play ancient Roman games, design the city of the future and tell their own stories with a “magic lantern”.
Anyone who has taken part in a museum workshop in their local library will be invited back to the museum with the whole family a few days later. Together with museum staff, you can explore collections, archives or workshops.
We are particularly happy to receive registrations from children who have not yet visited these museums and can use the free KUFTI. Registration is only possible for a double date.
Dates
Wednesday, 12.3.2025, 4 p.m.: Ink and pen – workshop with the Museum of Communication for children aged 8 to 10 I Location: Nieder-Eschbach District Library, Urseler Weg 27, 60437 Frankfurt am Main >> only with registration: niedereschbach@stadtbuecherei.frankfurt.de; Tel.: (069) 212 75687
How do you write your own name in hieroglyphics? How does it feel to hold a goose feather in your hand? This workshop uses early writing materials and techniques such as wax tablets, papyrus and parchment to explain the origins of writing. Subsequent guided tour of the museum: Saturday, 15.3.2025, 2.30 pm
Thursday, 13.3.2025, 4 pm: Aha?! Research workshop on the road – Workshop with the Senckenberg Nature Museum for children aged 7 to 9 I Location: Gallus District Library, Idsteiner Straße 65, 60326 Frankfurt am Main >> By appointment only: gallus@stadtbuecherei.frankfurt.de; Tel.: (069) 212 34744
Together with our experts, you can touch objects from the museum and examine them under a stereomicroscope. Explore themed boxes with us and get creative. We will also be happy to answer your questions about the Senckenberg Nature Museum. Followed by a guided tour of the museum: Wednesday, 26.3.2025, 4 pm
Friday, 14.3.2025, 3 p.m.: Making magic with light – workshop with the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum for children aged 8 to 10 I Location: Griesheim District Library, Schwarzerlenweg 57, 65933 Frankfurt am Main >> only with registration: griesheim@stadtbuecherei.frankfurt.de; Tel.: (069) 212 30190
We transform the library into a theater of light: with “magic lanterns” we throw pictures on the wall and make them move. In such a magic lantern show, stories are told to accompany the pictures. We immerse ourselves in a fantasy world and invent stories ourselves. Followed by a guided tour of the museum: Sunday, 16.3.2025, 3.30 pm
Tuesday, 18.3.2025, 4 p.m.: Children have rights – printing workshop with the Young Museum for children aged 8 to 10 I Location: Sindlingen District Library, Sindlinger Bahnstraße 124, 65931 Frankfurt am Main >> only with registration: sindlingen@stadtbuecherei.frankfurt.de; Tel.: (069) 212 47798
In the workshop we design and illustrate the most important children’s rights, print small postcards with paint, printing press and various materials to take away, hang up and send. Subsequent guided tour of the museum: Saturday, 22.3.2025, 3 pm
Wednesday, 19.3.2025, 3 pm: The traveling archive – workshop with the Institute for City History for children aged 8 to 10 years I Location: Rödelheim District Library, Radilostraße 17-19, 60489 Frankfurt am Main >> only with registration: roedelheim@stadtbuecherei.frankfurt.de; Tel.: (069) 212 30775
What is an archive and how does it differ from a library? We look at pictures of very special old books and discover the institute’s underground magazine with a movie. Then we make a mini book, write with pen and ink and design a bookmark. Followed by a guided tour of the archive: Saturday, 22.3.2025, 2 pm
Wednesday 19.3.2025, 3 pm: They play, the Romans! – Workshop with the Archaeological Museum for children aged 8 to 10 I Location: Sossenheim District Library, Alt-Sossenheim 54, 65936 Frankfurt am Main >> only with registration: sossenheim@stadtbuecherei.frankfurt.de; Tel.: (069) 212 31159
Games fascinate and inspire people at all times. There were also many different games in Roman times, for example the round mill. In the workshop we make a round mill game from leather. Followed by a guided tour of the museum: Saturday, 22.3.2025, 4 pm
Thursday, 20.3.2025, 4 p.m.: Cities of the future – shaping visions – workshop with the German Architecture Museum for children aged 7 to 9 I Location: Niederrad District Library, Kniebisstraße 25, 60528 Frankfurt am Main >> only with registration: niederrad@stadtbuecherei.frankfurt.de; Tel.: (069) 212 41680
The workshop invites participants to creatively implement ideas for building cities of the future. Imaginative buildings are created with cardboard and paint, which are then joined together to form a city. The workshop offers exciting perspectives on the topic of urban development. Subsequent guided tour of the museum: Saturday, 22.3.2025, 3.30 pm
Thursday, 20.3.2025, 3 pm: The Game of Shadows – Workshop with the Weltkulturenmuseum for children aged 8 to 10 I Location: Schwanheim District Library, Alt-Schwanheim 6, 60529 Frankfurt am Main >> only with registration: schwanheim@stadtbuecherei.frankfurt.de; Tel.: (069) 212 77877
A light source, figures and a screen – that’s all we need. We look at various shadow puppets from the museum’s collection and create our own characters who experience great adventures on the screen. Followed by a guided tour of the museum: Sunday, 23.3.2025, 2 pm