The early magic
Magic lanterns and image toys before cinema — the seventh art's childhood.
Burkhard Mücke — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Matti Blume — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dr. Thomas Liptak — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Burkhard Mücke — CC BY-SA 4.0
None — half is delightful physics of the moving image, half is playing with the industry's tools. Film buffs find extra depth; families find a well-judged interactive museum.
The Main's south bank lines up ten museums side by side — art (the Städel foremost), communication, architecture, cultures and more. Frankfurt's clever idea: walk the bank and enter whatever calls you.
From about seven, excellent — the interactive floor is built for them and the tricks enchant. The very young tire of the first history floor; start on the second in that case.
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On Frankfurt's museum embankment stands the German Film Museum: a journey through the magic of the moving image, from nineteenth-century optical toys to digital effects, interactive enough that "how does film work?" becomes a question your own hands answer. The first floor holds the early magic: magic lanterns, dancing images, the Lumière brothers' first cameras. The second covers modern filmmaking — you try dubbing, editing and the green-screen trick, and stand inside famous scenes. The museum's cinema screens classics and rarities daily. A well-sized museum ideal for a wet day, set in the riverside museum row where its neighbours include the Städel art museum — a whole embankment of options in one walk.
Magic lanterns and image toys before cinema — the seventh art's childhood.
Dubbing, editing and green screen in your own hands.
Classics and rarities on a real screen daily.
Schaumainkai 41, 60596 Frankfurt