Exhibitions
PAULSKIRCHE. Demokratie, Debatte, Denkmal
ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION KITS 1890 – 1990 – Plenty to play with!
OUT OF STORAGE – Focusing on acquisitions by the Friends of DAM
DAM Preis 2026
Coming Soon
CITY IS SPORTS — CITIES IN MOTION: EUROPEAN PROJECTS AND EXAMPLES
max40 – BDA Architecture Prize for young architects
SUBURBIA LIVIN THE DREAM – RETHINKING THE HOUSE CRISIS
Events
DIE LANGE BANK Installation auf der Hauptwache
(Zionist) Coloniality under (British) Colonialism The Architectural and Warfare Modernism of Yohanan (Eugene) Ratner in Mandatory Palestine
Familienführung: Architekturbaukästen 1890–1990. Die große Mitspiel-Ausstellung
After Work Führung OUT OF STORAGE
Architectures of the Archive: Reorganizing Memory and Heritage
FREUNDE 40 Jahre Vortrag: Gustav Düsing – Berlin
After Work Führung DIE STADT IST DER SPORT
After Work Führung DIE STADT IST DER SPORT
Familienführung: Die Stadt ist der Sport – Städte in Bewegung: Beispiele aus ganz Europa
Familienführung: Die Stadt ist der Sport – Städte in Bewegung: Beispiele aus ganz Europa
After Work Führung SUBURBIA
Block Lab Minecraft Workshop: DAS HAUS
Exhibitions On Tour
DAM on Tour in Prag: PROTEST ARCHITEKTUR
DAM On Tour in Schwalmstadt: SCHÖN HIER. Architektur auf dem Land
From primitive hut to skyscraper
A journey through architectural historyThe permanent exhibition is expected to remain closed until spring 2026 due to renovation work. We thank you for your understanding.
News
DAM Preis 2021: The Finalists are anounced
The finalist group of the DAM Preis 2021 consists of four projects from the fields of housing, culture and education, work and leisure. Some of them are hybrid buildings that fulfill several of these functions simultaneously.
Residential Tower ‘Norra Tornen’ in Stockholm wins the International Highrise Award 2020
The final of the International Highrise Award (IHP) 2020 has been decided: The winner of the competition for the world’s most innovative high-rise is the ‘Norra Tornen’ twin towers project in Stockholm/Sweden designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)...
DAM Architectural Book Award 2020: The prize-winners have been determined!
The Frankfurt Book Fair and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) are presenting the jointly initiated International DAM Architectural Book Award for the twelfth time. The DAM would like to thank the Society of Friends of the DAM for its generous support of the prize. The award-winning books will be presented from October 21 – November 8, 2020 in the auditorium of the DAM.
International Highrise Award 2020: The 31 Nominated Projects
The buildings nominated for the International Highrise Award (IHP) 2020 have now been selected: Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) has chosen them from over 1,000 new high-rise buildings construed over the past two years worldwide. The five shortlisted finalists from this group will be announced in September. The winner of the International Highrise Award will be presented on October 29, 2020 in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt/Main.
Plan. Work. City.
The DAM for kids and young peopleThe DAM’s education program offers children, schoolchildren, and adults access to architectural topics in a playful and practical way. We want to accompany children and young people into the world of architecture, and that begins on their own doorstep. The diversity of the topic makes it possible to connect to the lifeworld of our young guests and to introduce them to building culture and design possibilities.
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Collections
Digital model collection
Digital archiveThe Deutsches Architekturmuseum has a large and international collection of testimonials of important architects, mostly from the 20th century, which is constantly expanding. Around 50 works archives, prebends and estates, were handed over to the DAM, which owns more than 200,000 plans and drawings, about 35,000 photographs and about 1,300 models, a significant international collection. The architectural model collection with works by Rem Koolhaas, Frei Otto, Rob Krier, Aldo Rossi, Oswald Mathias Ungers a.o., is one of the most important in the world.












