Deutsches Romantik-Museum

The Freies Deutsches Hochstift was founded in 1859 with the purpose of advancing public education. Its founder, Otto Volger, acquired Goethe's birthplace for the Hochstift in 1863. The Hochstift started its collection of 18th and 19th century paintings in 1863 and its collection of Romantic material in 1911. expanded the collection by purchasing the manuscripts of Achim and Bettina von Arnim and Novalis. Beutler wanted to open a museum to display them in the house of the in Große Sandgasse, but that building was destroyed by bombing in World War II.--> An architecture competition was initiated in October 2013, called , with 15 groups invited to participate. In June 2014, three of them were awarded second prizes with the request to finish their proposals within two months. Die Eröffnung des Museums war ursprünglich für den August 2019 vorgesehen, verzögerte sich aber aufgrund unerwarteter Schwierigkeiten bei den Abrissarbeiten und der Insolvenz zweier beteiligter Bauunternehmen. --> the museum opened on 14 September 2021. == Architecture ==

Architect Christoph Mäckler had to solve the problem of designing a building for exhibits which required protection from exposure to light, The stairs are called Himmelstreppe ("stairway to heaven") because they appear "endless" through an optical illusion. The colour blue, symbolising the Blaue Blume of the Romantic era, dominates there and is used for other accents such as the Blauer Erker, a bay towards the street with windows of blue glass. The architecture of the new building has been described as "spectacular", while the stairway to heaven has been called "a work of art in its own right". The third floor offers a view of the Frankfurt skyline, making the Paulskirche, the Cathedral, and the European Central Bank appear as though they are positioned next to one another. The gross floor area is and the effective floor area is . == Gallery ==

Deutsches Romantik-Museum Frankfurt.jpg|Deutsches Romantik-Museum Frankfurt Goethe House, Deutsches Romantik-Museum, Frankfurt.jpg|Goethe House (right) and Museum Romantik Museum, Frankfurt, Himmelsleiter.jpg|Stairway to Heaven Romantik Museum, Frankfurt, view.jpg|View to Paulskirche, Cathedral and ECB ==See also==