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Städel Museum

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Art museum in Frankfurt, Germany

The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany. The museum is located at the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. The Städel Museum owns 3,100 paintings, 660 sculptures, more than 4,600 photographs and more than 100,000 drawings and prints.2 It was founded by Johann Friedrich Städel and Moritz von Gontard.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1816Founded1
  • Industryadvancement of science and research, advancement of upbringing, adult education and vocational training including assistance for students1
  • HeadquartersFrankfurt, Germany1
  • Websitewww.staedelmuseum.de
  • Legal formprivate foundation1
  • Kind of organizationNonprofit organization1
  • LEI529900NQLW9JQTWTCI243
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressDürerstr., 2, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany3
  • Registered withHessian Ministry of the Interior and Sports3

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Photo: Simsalabimbam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany. The museum is located at the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. The Städel Museum owns 3,100 paintings, 660 sculptures, more than 4,600 photographs and more than 100,000 drawings and prints. It has around 7,000 m2 (75,000 ft2) of display and a library of 115,000 books.2

Corporate structure

Städel Museum sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Städel Museum Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    • Paradiesgärtlein Owned · Frankfurt
    • Portrait of a Young Fürleger with Loose Hair Owned · Hesse, Germany
    • Portrait of Susanne de Vos, the Painter’s Third Daughter Owned
    • The Bad Thief to the Left of Christ Owned
    • View of the Two Synagogues of Amsterdam Owned

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Städel Museum reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Paradiesgärtlein
  • Portrait of Susanne de Vos, the Painter’s Third Daughter
  • Portrait of a Young Fürleger with Loose Hair
  • The Bad Thief to the Left of Christ
  • View of the Two Synagogues of Amsterdam

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Johann Friedrich Städel and Moritz von Gontard in 1816.1

19th century

The Städel was founded in 1817, and is one of the oldest museums in Frankfurt. The founding followed a bequest by the Frankfurt banker and art patron Johann Friedrich Städel (1728–1816), who left his house, art collection and fortune with the request in his will that the institute be set up. In the early years, Städel's former living quarters at Frankfurt's Roßmarkt were used to present his collection. The collection received its first exhibition building at the Neue Mainzer Straße in 1833.

19th-century building

In 1878, a new museum building, in the Neo-Renaissance style, was erected by Oskar Sommer on Schaumainkai, a street along the south side of the river Main.

20th century

In 1937, 77 paintings and 700 prints were confiscated from the museum when the National Socialists declared them "degenerate art".

In 1939, the collection of the Städel Museum was removed to avoid destruction from the Allied bombings, and the collection was stored in the Schloss Rossbach, a castle owned by the Baron Thüngen near Bad Brückenau in Bavaria. There, the museum's paintings and library were discovered by Lt. Thomas Carr Howe, USN, of the American Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives program.

Renovations and extensions

The gallery was substantially damaged by air raids in World War II, it was rebuilt in 1966 following a design by the Frankfurt architect Johannes Krahn. An expansion building for the display of 20th-century work and special exhibits was erected in 1990, designed by the Austrian architect Gustav Peichl. Small structural changes and renovations took place from 1997 to 1999.

An underground wing for the presentation of contemporary art was designed by the Frankfurt architectural firm Schneider+Schumacher and opened in February 2012. This was the largest extension in the museum's history, increasing its total display area from 4,000 m2 (43,000 ft2) to 7,000 m2 (75,000 ft2).

From Wikipedia’s article on Städel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Paradiesgärtlein
  • Portrait of Susanne de Vos, the Painter’s Third Daughter
  • Portrait of a Young Fürleger with Loose Hair
  • The Bad Thief to the Left of Christ
  • View of the Two Synagogues of Amsterdam

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Jan 1935Acquired Group of five men (Gruppe von fünf Männern)1

Timeline

  1. Jan 1935Acquisition Acquired Group of five men (Gruppe von fünf Männern)1
  2. 1816Founded Founded1

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