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Icon Museum

Dr Jörgen Schmidt-Voigt's foundation

We are very pleased to welcome you to the Frankfurt Icon Museum starting Tuesday, 26 May, 2021!

The Icon Museum will be closed on Tuesday, 13 July 2021 for an internal event.

To ensure the safety of all visitors and staff, security and hygiene measures to contain the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus continue to apply.

Visiting is currently only possible with a certificate that counts visitors as tested, vaccinated or recovered. Registration is possible directly on site at the cash desk. The visit requires compliance with the hygiene concept and requires the completion of an on-site contact tracking sheet. The data transfer can also be done via the Luca app. A QR code is available for this purpose.

As a further option, you can book yourself a 1 hour slot here and fill out a contact tracking sheet:

*Safety and hygiene measures to contain the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

Mouth-to-nose coverings must be worn at all times when entering the museum. Children under the age of six and those with a doctor’s certificate are exempt.

A minimum distance of 1.5 meters between persons must be maintained.

Personal close contact should be avoided (e.g. handshaking, hugging) and hygiene rules should be followed (hand washing, coughing and sneezing etiquette). Disinfectants are available for visitors inside.

A maximum of one person per 10 square meters of floor space accessible to the public will be admitted to the museum, i.e. a maximum of 12 persons in total.

The instructions of the security personnel must be followed. In case of violations, the staff reserves the right to expel persons from the museum premises for the protection of others.

After more than a year of alterations and renovations, the Icon Museum in Frankfurt am Main is reopening with an entirely new exhibition space and concept. Under the direction of Prof. Matthias Wagner K and the curatorial leadership of Dr des. Konstanze Runge, who has held the position since September 2019, the museum places the relationship between people and icons at the centre of focus in its completely renewed exhibition.

Following extensive conservation and restoration measures, the 130 selected icons and religious objects reveal an entirely fresh magnificence. At the same time, the rather typical traces of use were carefully conserved as a sign of the relationship between people and their icons. The icons are presented mostly without glass and at eye level. It is mainly the valuable and metal icons as well as small objects that are protected by glass and showcases.

In a city with more than 14 Orthodox Christian churches and characterised by rich cultural diversity, the Icon Museum wishes not only to be a place for the preservation of cultural heritage, but also to be a space of encounter to which all are invited and which contributes to a successful coexistence of peoples from different cultural, religious and non-religious backgrounds.

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