Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Frankfurt Excursion: Städel Museum


Check out Boticelli and Vermeer at the Städel art museum. If you are going with children, go on a “scavenger hunt” looking for the 7 most famous paintings in the museum (according to my DK guidebook): Ecce Homo by Hieronymus Bosch, the Lucca Madonna by Jan van Eyck, the ballet dancers by Degas, the Blinding of Samson by Rembandt. The cappuccino in the museum café is excellent and the museum shop has gift ideas for young and old.

The museum is on the "Museumufer," an easy ten-minute walk from the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof by crossing the Main via the Holbein footbridge. In nice weather, you can combine the cultural activity with a walk along the Main promenade.

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