Museum Judengasse (Frankfurt am Main)

The Museum Judengasse is located in the building complex of the municipal utility center on the . In 1985, Swiss architect Ernst Gisel is commissioned to design a new administrative and service building on the site of the former Jewish ghetto. The result is an architecture whose 140-meter-long arcade front is dominated by a sweeping curved ridge line.

During the excavation work, various foundation walls and remains of the Judengasse come to light. After fierce citizen protests, the magistrate decides to integrate the relics into the municipal utilities complex.
In 1992, the opening of the Judengasse Museum takes place as a branch of the Jewish Museum. In addition to the five house foundations, two mikvahs (ritual baths) are reconstructed, as well as two wells and a canal, some dating back to the 15th century.

In2014-2016, the Museum Judengasse will be fundamentally redesigned. The new permanent exhibition opens up different perspectives on Jewish everyday life in the early modern period. Amidst ruins, it brings to life objects that were once made or used on site. The focus is on the diverse relationships that the inhabitants of Judengasse maintained with the Christian residents of the city, the Frankfurt council and the emperor, as well as the literature and music that was created, read or printed here.