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The MOMEM is not a museum. Not a museum in the classical sense.
It is an art and cultural centre, a place in the here and now. An experience that sensitises people to all kinds of electronic aspects of life:
Sound, fashion, instruments, apps, club culture, spaces, media surrounds, interaction.
Much of it is and was created from music. Electronic music. A journey from the beginnings to the present and into the future. And to the international locations of the events. Frankfurt takes centre stage.
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TANGERINE DREam: Time lapse
Tangerine Dream are one of the most influential German bands and left their mark on electronic music, especially ambient and trance. From 7 April 2025, the MOMEM is dedicating an exhibition to the band
Tangerine Dream: Time lapse
which sheds light on their 58-year history. Founded in 1967 in West Berlin, the band remained active even after the death of its founder Edgar Froese in 2015.
Tangerine Dream released over 160 albums, from Electronic Meditation (1970) to Raum and Sessions with the current line-up. Virgin Records signed them in 1973. Phaedra was their first purely electronic album and marked the beginning of a productive phase with works such as Rubycon and Force Majeure.
They also composed film music, including for Tatort. The exhibition shows documents, photos, original instruments and rare recordings. It is based on a presentation at the Barbican Centre in London (2020) and has been expanded for the MOMEM.
A supporting programme with readings, lectures and films is planned.
The exhibition ends on 28 September 2025.
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Nature One - 30 years of rave history
Frankfurt celebrates 30 years of NATURE ONE - with a unique journey through time at MOMEM
The MOMEM - Museum of Modern Electronic Music - presents from the 29 July to 17. August 2025 the multimedia exhibition "NATURE ONE - 30 years of rave history".
To mark the 30th anniversary of the legendary open-air festival NATURE ONE the festival takes over the MOMEM for a short time: In an exclusive Takeover the current exhibition Milestones. Favorite Club Tracks reinterpreted - supplemented by highlights from three decades of festival history.
More than 100 exhibits - including rare photos, videos and posters - provide an immersive journey through the evolution of electronic music culture.
Since 1995, NATURE ONE has attracted tens of thousands of ravers every year to the site of the former Pydna missile base in the Hunsrück region - a place that has become a symbol of freedom, music and community. Today, NATURE ONE is one of the oldest and most influential open-air raves worldwide.
Not only visual impressions are shown in the MOMEM: The legendary NATURE ONE Hymns sound - memories and milestones in the history of the festival.
The permanent exhibition also includes Tracks and artists which are closely linked to NATURE ONE - temporarily marked and contextualised.
NATURE ONE x MOMEM is a tribute to the sound, the attitude to life and the cultural influence of a unique festival - and to 30 years of living rave history.
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Keep the Vibe Alive - A Visual Story of Love Family Park
From 8 to 20 July 2025, the MOMEM - Museum of Modern Electronic Music - will be showing the multimedia exhibition "Keep the Vibe Alive - A Visual Story of Love Family Park".
The show honours one of the most traditional open-air festivals in the electronic music scene and invites visitors on a unique journey through almost 30 years of festival history.
Since its premiere in 1996, the Love Family Park has become a fixed ritual in the summer calendar for many music fans far beyond the region. The festival has been taking place in Frankfurt am Main since 2022 - an occasion that MOMEM is celebrating together with the organiser Cosmopop celebrates.
Shown are over 100 photographs and video sequences from the Cosmopop archives and from contemporary witnesses. The exhibition documents the eventful history of the festival - from its beginnings in Hanau to stops in Mainz and Rüsselsheim and its arrival in Frankfurt. In addition to the geographical journey, the focus is also on the artistic development.
A special focus is placed on the "constant" of the festival: the Frankfurt World DJwhich has been an integral part of the line-up since the first edition in 1996.
Exhibition period: 08.07.2025 - 20.07.2025
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 1 - 6 pm
Admission: €12 / reduced €8 (admission to the exhibition included in the ticket price)
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Kids Rave
(Open to all ages)
Admission: 5 euros per person | family rate (3 people) 10 euros - for a good cause
Sensation at MOMEM Frankfurt:
The headliners of the future take over the controls!
Enjoy your first club experience together with your children.
What began on 12 July in Berlin at Rave The Planet is now reaching Frankfurt with full force:
13 young DJs from 5 continents set a historic example with their own float - in favour of electronic music as a cultural asset, against dance bans and, above all, for peace,
Equal rights and the rights of kids in club and festival culture.
Now this movement is coming to MOMEM - the centrepiece of electronic music history.
On Sunday 20 July, the Museum of Modern Electronic Music will present six exceptional international talents aged between 10 and 15.
Instead, the symbolic 5 euro entrance fee goes entirely to MOMEM as a sign of their appreciation and support.
Anyone who sees these kids live now will be able to say in a few years' time: "I was there when it all began."
Line-up - global, diverse, uncompromisingly electronic:
EIJI (Japan) - The techno tinkerer from Tokyo: young, precise, fascinating.
Jules (New York City, USA) - Brooklyn's finest with an urban rave vibe.
PULSAR (UK) - The high-flyer from Great Britain who is already blowing up mainstages.
Lynn L. (Belgium) - Female power with hard techno energy: raw, honest, direct.
Julia (Dubai) - Melodic techno meets desert fire - hypnotic and unique.
Lucca (Netherlands) - Europe's answer to Gen Z techno: radical, creative, genuine.
These young artists are part of a 14-day tour through Germany, Belgium and Switzerland before heading to the world's first NextGen Festival in the Netherlands - a festival played exclusively by DJs under the age of 16.
The name says it all: this is where the elite of the next generation of electronic music is formed.
Her appearance at MOMEM is a statement:
Against the commercialisation of music
Against the trend of making music an experience only for the privileged
For a scene in which values count again - attitude, passion, respect
Come along, bring friends - and become part of a movement that is electrifying the world.
For only 5 € entrance fee, you can experience history - and support MOMEM directly.
The rave belongs to the next generation.
On 20 July, Frankfurt will be showing that the future has long since arrived.
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F.I.M. Meets momem
On Wednesday 02.07.25 the plaza in front of the MOMEM will be played for the second time in cooperation with the F.I.M. (Forum Improvisierter Musik, Frankfurt).
As part of the F.I.M. spatial performance with the theme "underground", 11 musicians will come together on the plaza in front of the MOMEM for a joint final improvisation after performing at various underground stations in the city centre.
In interaction with DJ Matthias Vogt and three dancers, the musicians will explore the tension between improvised and electronic sounds.
Visiting the MOMEM Plaza is free of charge.
More info & line-up on: fim-ffm.de
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ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCHOOL WEEKS
In the last two weeks of school before the summer holidays, many classes go on a discovery tour - and the MOMEM is among them:
From 23 June to 4 July 2025, the Museum of Modern Electronic Music, supported by the City of Frankfurt am Main and the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main, invites you to the Electronic Music School Weeks. School classes can look forward to a unique experience centred around electronic music.
The MOMEM will also open exceptionally on Monday 23 June and Monday 30 June, extending its regular opening hours to 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day.
A special highlight:
Two free workshops per day in the Electronic Classroom, sponsored by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main.
In the Electronic Classroom, the only one of its kind in the world, pupils can gain their first experience as music producers in small groups. Using specially selected, intuitive devices - without any prior knowledge - they playfully discover their own creative world of sound. They are supported by experienced guides who provide them with easy and inspiring access to electronic music.
Registration for school classes:
contact@momem.org
+49 (0)69 20 975 899-0
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FRIDAY FREQUENCIES - Beats in the evening
Every Friday from 6pm to 10pm.
Beats in the evening | Social clubbing | Pre-clubbing
Relaxed from the office, straight into the sound.
With the format Friday Frequencies we start the weekend every Friday from 6pm to 10pm.
Electronic vibes from house to techno, with the frequencies that ring in the weekend.
Free admission!
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MOMEM select - The Club Culture Store Curated. Full of sound. Cultural.
MOMEM select is the official store of the Museum of Modern Electronic Music - a curated space for all those who not only listen to electronic music, but live it.
Here, vinyl rarities meet limited edition books, iconic shirts and fashion pieces meet design objects - all in the spirit of international club culture.
Discover hand-picked products from the following areas:
Records - focussing on friendly labels from the Rhine-Main area:
Cocoon Recordings, Running Back, Live at Robert Johnson, Perlon, Break New Soil, RAWAX and more - a cross-section of the region's style-defining DNA.
Books - photo books, essays, scene icons, club history
Merch - Exclusive Collabs, MOMEM Pieces, Scene Shirts
Objects - art, design & sound to go
A place for lovers, DJs, dancers and thinkers - between dance floor and theory, between archive and avant-garde.
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Electronic Classroom
included in the admission price | RESERVATIONS POSSIBLE
The Electronic Classroom sees itself as the easiest and most intuitive approach to electronic music that can be experienced together in groups.
A total of 5 so-called dawless setups - a digital working station (DAW) in the form of a computer is not used - are available to 5 students each. Each of the setups includes a mixer "the t.mix mix 802" from thomann, two synthesisers, a sampler and a drum machine. The devices are connected via MIDI and audio cables from thomann and adam hall.
The Electronic Classroom is now freely accessible and usable for all visitors as part of their museum visit.
ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM IS SUPPORTED BY:
adam hall, ARTURIA, Deutsche Bank Stiftung, hans thomann Stiftung, Naspa Stiftung, ODDO BHF Stiftung, SKW Schwarz, Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main.
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MOMEM - Grand Opening
The great grand opening celebration of MOMEM Frankfurt. Thank you to everybody involved and a very special thanx to our partners and supporters.
THE GRAND OPENING OF MOMEM WITH SVEN VÄTH
06.04.2022 19.00 h
Finally we dance all together to celebrate the grand opening of the MOMEM to the sounds of the one and only Sven Väth. The Frankfurt Hauptwache will change oneself to a huge dancefloor and nobody can stop us on this very special night.
Photo Credit: PHRANK
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In the past three decades
"Come on, dance with me" (the Age of Love)
Starting in the late 1980s electronic music has emerged as a driving force in club music and modern life. Electronic music connects the past, the present and the future like no other cultural movement and constantly reinvents itself. The achievements of modern electronic music influenced the music industry and music production as well as art, design, fashion and people's lifestyle. Since the beginning of this development a rich and diverse culture has established itself far beyond the musical content. Today electronic music unifies people all around the world - connecting, dancing and loving each other because of a peaceful human technology and art form. We are here to share parts of the history and save stories of this movement and phenomenon with you.
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First Things First
"In House and dance music alike you can trace sounds and energy as far back as the native African drums and instruments to even Soul, Rock & Roll, Classical and Funk. And if your are afraid of your past, you don't stand a chance to make it in the future" (Chez Damier)
Fela Kuti from Lagos is known to be one of the inventors of the Afrobeat and established the idea of repetitive dance music. Earl Young was the drummer of the most epic Philadelphia Sound recordings. As one of the first artists mentioned he had the idea of the "four to the floor" beat kicking it in with his bass drum. Years later club DJs like Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles came up with the idea of a new dance music called House merging disco, wave and early electronic music creating mix friendly club tunes. To many Frankie Knuckles is regarded as the Godfather of House".
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MOMEM is about Electronic Music
"It will go on and on - music as a carrier of ideas". (Kraftwerk)
MOMEM focus on modern electronic music that has shaped our cultural history and still keeps on doing so. MOMEM will be a place to explore, conserve and experience the historical dimensions and influences of electronic music. We will take you on a journey from the beginning to the future. A place of continuous movement and transformation, turning from a museum into a stage into a bar into an academy and back again. A vital environment in the heart of Frankfurt and a museum that encourages everybody to participate and interact.
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A platform for newcomers and veterans,
for artists and fans, for lovers of music and lovers of history, for people from Frankfurt and for people from everywhere.
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