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Duration: 13 June 2024 to 16 February 2025

The pop-up Struwwelpeter. Book art and animations by Marianne R. Petit

Fold, push, pull: Picture books can be much more than a collection of printed letters and pictures on paper! The exhibition of Marianne R. Petit’s work demonstrates this in a literally outstanding way. The New York artist explores Struwwelpeter with three-dimensional book objects that combine modern technology, traditional book art and sequential storytelling. She works not only analogue with paper and scissors, but also digitally. These animations of the Struwwelpeter stories can also be seen.

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Since its first publication almost 180 years ago, Struwwelpeter has fascinated not only children but also artists all over the world. Petit’s works allow the movement Hoffmann created in the drawings to ‘pop’. And there is a great deal of movement in the original Struwwelpeter – from the chair-swinging ‘evil Friederich’ to the floating ‘flying Robert’.

Petit’s book art is part of the long tradition of moving picture books, which flourished at the end of the 19th century. In a time without film, television or computers, they offered fun for everyone. Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925) is regarded as the master of transforming picture books. His figures could be moved with cardboard strips. Meggendorfer also created a living Struwwelpeter in 1895. This pull-out picture book with its delicate mechanics can be admired in the exhibition, as can a ‘tunnel book’ from 1830, which opens up an astonishing perspective as a folding diorama.

It’s not just children who can create their own pop-up artworks in the exhibition. And then there is a mysterious rope. I wonder what pops up when you pull it? See for yourself!

Special thanks to Maddy Rosenberg and CENTRAL BOOKING, New York!


18. September 2024 to 12. Januar 2025

bambini – beatrice alemagna

‘The encounter between a child and a book is an adventure,’ says the renowned Italian-French illustrator and author Beatrice Alemagna. Many of her picture books tell of children’s everyday lives. But in her books, boring rainy days are transformed into exciting expeditions and the search for a present for mum leads to a wonderful ‘Fluffipuff’. The trilingual exhibition with original sketches, pictures, installations and lots of hands-on activities is a cooperation with the Institut français Frankfurt and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Cologne on the occasion of the Book Fair Guest of Honour Italy.

Guided tours for children and/or adults are available by appointment in Italian, French and German from 10:00.

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Pop up, Peter! : We are showing three-dimensional book worlds in the new exhibition: The pop-up Struwwelpeter. Book art by Marianne R. Petit.
bambini – beatrice alemagna  „ ‘The encounter between a child and a book is an adventure,’ says the renowned Italian-French illustrator and author Beatrice Alemagna. The hands-on exhibition in the gallery shows original sketches, pictures and installations and offers many opportunities to join in. Guided tours with curator Dominique Petre on Saturday, 30 November, 15:00 (German) and 16:15 (French)
The Struwwelpeter app: Discover the Struwwelpeter Museum with the audio guide. The audio guide is also available in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. There is an extra tour for children: the museum mouse will guide you through the house! Please bring earphones. Click here for the free download: App Store  Google Playstore

Special Exhibitions

TSIKARA – MUSEUM IN MUSEUM (till 6 January 2019)

The exhibition ‘Tsikara’-Museum in Museum is based on the content of the famous Georgian Folk tale “Tsikara”. The show presents various art works, such as illustrations, sculptures, prints, installations, posters. Special activities for children are part of the exhibition. The show is performed via illustrations, 3D objects, and other artistic mediums to create the specific mood of a “real” museum with “real” artifacts. It gives its visitors an opportunity to fully comprehend the content and take a journey through the Georgian Tale. The project introduces Georgian artists, illustrators and designers to the German Public.

Tsikara’ – Museum in Museum is part of the events accompanying Georgia being the Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Buchmesse 2018.

Social work

We – the frankfurter werkgemeinschaft e.V. (fwg) – are a non-profit association located in Frankfurt am Main. We support and develop services and facilities of psychiatric community care in the city.

Heinrich Hoffmann’s lifework was the reform of psychiatry in nineteenth century Frankfurt. His work marks the starting point of efforts to make a good life possible for the mentally ill.

 

The board of the Struwwelpeter-Museum is dedicated to working for and with the mentally ill. The frankfurter werkgemeinschaft e.V. (or “fwg”) is a broadly diversified social work group focused on the rehabilitation, inclusion, and care of the mentally ill and handicapped. Acceptance, the dismantling of prejudices, and the integration of the mentally ill and handicapped into society are the goals of our work.

According to the degree and severity of the psychiatric problems, we offer pedagogical, professional, and social help to make for an enduring, rewarding life in society.

 

Since its founding in 1967, the frankfurter werkgemeinschaft e.V. has been a corporate member of the Caritasverband.

 

For more information on the fwg:

 

Tel. 069 94 94 767-0

Fax 069 94 94 767-399

www.fwg-net.de

Friends of Struwwelpeter Museum

Friends of Struwwelpeter Museum

Friends of Struwwelpeter Museum was founded in September 1995 to support and advance the museum, which is devoted to Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894), great reformer in the treatment of the mentally ill and author of Struwwelpeter (1845) and other children’s books. The museum is operated by the frankfurter werkgemeinschaft, an organization dedicated to aiding in the reintegration of the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped.

An annual membership meeting, held at the museum, is well worth the trip to Frankfurt – even from overseas. Membership (2016: 30,00; 2017: 40,00 € per year), and open to Struwwelpeter enthusiasts everywhere) includes the annual newsletter STRUWWELPOST.

STRUWWELPOST is a MUST for keeping in touch with the Struwwelpeter scene. It has news about activities at the museum, articles on Struwwelpeter and Heinrich Hoffmann topics, and Struwwelpeter news from everywhere: previews and reports of exhibitions and other events, and lists of new books and articles in periodicals.  STRUWWELPOST is edited by Dr. Walter Sauer, Neckarsteinach, Ulrich Wiedmann, Pfinztal, and Beate Zekorn-von Bebenburg, Frankfurt. World-wide interest in Struwwelpeter and STRUWWELPOST can be seen in contributors from such countries as Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Mauritius, Holland, etc.

Do you want to join the Friends of the Struwwelpeter Museum ? Do you need further information ? Please contact the Struwwelpeter Museum.

Information on Tours

Visit Struwwelpeter! Tours for children

For kindergartners and children of other grade levels we offer a participatory program consisting of two parts and lasting between 60 and 90 minutes. During the first part of the program children are made familiar with a wide range of topics in Heinrich Hoffmann’s classic Struwwelpeter in a manner that is age-appropriate. In this section of the tour children learn how the Struwwelpeter came to be written, as well as about the backgrounds of the different stories. Together with their tour guide the children talks about the comic strip like stories and connect the old stories to the experiences of children today. In the museum’s dialogue with visiting children, the particular quality of this children’s literature classic arises: the book gives children the chance to approach and think about a broad spectrum of experiences in their own lives, from arguments at the dinner table, to daydreaming.

During the tour the children explore the exhibition with various “hands on-games” inspired by the stories. The children are shown original works of Heinrich Hoffmann, old editions, imitations, translations, kitsch, and artworks that document the long success of the Struwwelpeter.

The second part of the tour is a theatre workshop: The children act and reinterpret the Struwwelpeter stories using the various costumes and props in the museum’s theatre room. Whether or not a story should end as it does in the book is entirely up to the children performing it. Children incorporate their everyday experiences and perform with varying amounts of intensity in these impromptu shows. The grand finale is the performance of the impromtu sketches on our little stage.

Tours for adults and young adults

For adults and students of higher grade levels the museum offers general tours of at least an hour in length on the topic of “Heinrich Hoffmann and his Struwwelpeter.” The following themes may also be covered, by request:

  • Education Then and Now: the Pedagogy of the Struwwelpeter
  • Heinrich Hoffmann as Reformer of Psychiatry and Witness to History in the Nineteenth Century

Reservations 

Please notify us at least two weeks before your visit in order to reserve a tour time.

E-mail: info@struwwelpeter-museum.de

Telephone: 069 94 94 767-400

Tours are also available in English and French

 

Opening hours and admission

Struwwelpeter Museum

Hinter dem Lämmchen 2-4

60311 Frankfurt am Main

Tel.: +49 (0)69 94 94 767 400

e-mail: Info@struwwelpeter-museum.de

Opening hours:  Tuesday – Sunday, 11 am – 6 pm

Open for groups with prenotation and tour from 10:00 am.

Visit the museum with our English audio guide. Also available in German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Get your free download here:

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Opening hours on public holidays 2025
Corpus Christi 19.06.2025 11am-6pm
Day of german unity 03.10.2025 11am-6pm
Reformation Day 31.10.2025 11am-6pm
All Saints´Day 01.11.2025 11am-6pm
Christmas Eve 24.12.2025 closed
1st Christmas Day 25.12.2025 2pm-6pm
2nd Christmas Day 26.12.2025 2pm-6pm
New Year´s Eve 31.12.2025 closed
New Year 01.01.2026 2pm-6pm
Admission: Adults  € 8,00
Reduced admission (Students, People with disabilities)  € 4,00
Children from 6 years  € 4,00
Children under 6 years,  members of ICOM  free
Museum tours in English (by request and arrangement):
 Children  € 50,00 + € 3,00 p.p.
Reduced fee (Students)  € 50,00 + € 3,00 p.p.
Adults  € 80,00 + € 6,00 p.p.

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Director of the museum: Beate Zekorn-von Bebenburg

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Hinter dem Lämmchen 2-4
60311 Frankfurt am Main
GERMANY
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