In a dynamic and growing city like Frankfurt, even the museums are modernized and renovated at a fast pace.
Eagerly awaited, for example, was the opening of an expansion of the renowned Städel museum of art history on the Museum river bank in February 2012.
About 3 000 sq m will be devoted to 20th century art.
The Historic Museum at Römerberg is completely reinventing itself and is being transformed from a specialized historical museum into a city museum for Frankfurt in a project due to be completed in 2014.
Also undergoing extensive renovations that will make them even more interesting in the future are the Deutsches Filmmuseum and Bibelhaus.