Current
Open door week
28.10. - 02.11.2025
From October 28 to November 2, 2025, the Hofheim City Museum is offering an "Open House Week" for all Hofheim residents and anyone interested. Guided tours provide an insight into Roman times, the medieval history of the town and the circle of artists around the painter, collector and gallery owner Hanna Bekker vom Rath (1893 - 1983). You can get creative yourself in workshops. Did you know that you can volunteer in the museum and that the rooms are available for hire? There are also information events on these two topics.
The focus is on Hanna Bekker vom Rath, who lived in the "Blue House" on Kapellenberg from 1920 until her death in 1983. Many renowned artists came to Hofheim at her invitation and in response to her work. She herself traveled the world in the 1950s and 1960s to make artists, primarily expressionists, internationally known. As part of the "Open Door Week", a stele will be installed in each district of Hofheim to commemorate Hanna Bekker vom Rath as a famous Hofheim personality and to draw attention to the Hofheim City Museum.
The life and work of Hanna Bekker vom Rath will be presented in a cabinet exhibition. In addition to works by Hanna Bekker vom Rath, works by Marta Hoepffner, Alexej von Jawlensky, Ida Kerkovius, Else and Ludwig Meidner, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Emy Roeder, Ottilie W. Roederstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Günter Schulz-Ihlefeldt and Siegfried Shalom Sebba will also be on display. Around 50 paintings, drawings and sculptures will be on display, all of which are part of the Hofheim City Museum's art collection, including the new acquisition "Still Life with Fruit, Flowers and Blue Jug" by Else Meidner and the two paintings "Portrait of Father Remigius Schulte" by Ottilie W. Roederstein and "No. III" by Günter Schulz-Ihlefeldt, which were donated to the City Museum in 2022 and 2025.
Come by and get to know the museum! We look forward to seeing you!
Without trousers and in sandals through the Taunus - the Romans in Hofheim
Rome is a long way away and yet Roman soldiers left their mark here in the Taunus around 2000 years ago. But why did they come to this region in the first place? And what did their everyday life look like? The guided tours invite you to get to know the life of the Romans in a vivid way. With original finds and objects you can touch, you can see how military, trade and everyday life intertwined and how the coexistence of soldiers and the population shaped the region. An exciting journey of discovery into the past that brings history to life.
The guided tours take place on 28.10.2025 at 10.00, 12.00 and 17.00 and on 29.10.2025 at 14.00 and last approx. 30 minutes each.
Of town rights and leather trades - Hofheim's town history
When did Hofheim actually receive its town charter and where was it recorded? What rights and duties did citizens have in the past and what is the story behind the witches' tower that still characterizes the townscape today? These guided tours invite you to immerse yourself in Hofheim's urban and industrial history and explore the town's historical roots. They also explain industrial leather production as a formative trade in the region. Insights into the necessary work steps, tools and machines illustrate how the craft shaped people's everyday lives back then.
The guided tours take place on 28.10.2025 at 11.00 and 14.00 and on 30.10.2025 at 14.00 and last approx. 40 minutes each.
Express tour: Who is Hanna Bekker vom Rath?
The guided tours through the cabinet exhibition present the life and work of Hofheim painter, collector, patron and gallery owner Hanna Bekker vom Rath (1893 - 1983) and the circle of artists at the Blue House, from the "Portrait of the Father" by Ottilie W. Roederstein from 1883 to abstract paintings by Günter Schulz-Ihlefeldt from the 1950s.
The express tours take place on 28.10., 29.10., 30.10. and 31.10.2025 at 3.00 pm and last approx. 30 minutes each. On Sunday, 02.11.2025, an additional regular tour will be offered at 11.15 am.
Flowers that stay - the museum workshop becomes a flower workshop
Inspired by Hanna Bekker vom Rath's numerous floral still lifes, the city museum invites visitors to create colorful flowers and entire bouquets from pipe cleaners in the museum workshop. These are creatively twisted, bent and fanned out and then finished off with stems and wire as floral decorations. The workshops are suitable for participants of all ages and it is possible to join at any time.
The workshops are offered on October 28, 29 and 30, 2025 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on October 30, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tea time in the Blue House
As part of the "Open House Week", the Förderkreis Stadtmuseum Hofheim is offering a tea time in the Blue House on 30.10.2025 at 3.30 pm. In the living room of the Blue House, you can learn more about the famous previous owner of the house and her surroundings over English tea and scones. Hanna Bekker vom Rath lived in the Blue House from 1920 until shortly before her death in 1983 and established it as a lively place for artistic exchange.
The event is offered to a limited number of members of the Förderkreis. For registrations and questions, please contact the Förderkreis Stadtmuseum directly.
Digital city history journey through time to the Michelsberg culture of the Neolithic Age
The Kapellenberg near Hofheim am Taunus is one of the largest settlements from the Michelsberg culture (4200-3500 BC). Even today, after 6000 years, the former ramparts can still be seen on the site - it is a Pompeii of the Stone Age. Go on a journey to the Neolithic settlement of the Michelsberg culture on the Hofheim Kapellenberg 6,000 years ago in the permanent exhibition of the city museum with VR glasses!
Volunteering at the town museum
If you are interested in art and culture and would like to get actively involved in the Hofheim City Museum, you can volunteer. In this way, you can personally contribute to shaping cultural life in the town of Hofheim.
On 31.10.2025 at 11 a.m., an open information exchange will be offered, where you can find out more about the tasks, working hours and general conditions of volunteering at the Stadtmuseum Hofheim.
Renting premises in the town museum
Located between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, the Stadtmuseum Hofheim is an easily accessible venue for private and public events in the Rhine-Main region. The foyer and the adjoining lecture room with kitchenette are barrier-free and, depending on the seating arrangements, are suitable for events with up to 100 people. A terrace is also available in good weather. The museum workshop is also available for hire.
On 31.10.2025 at 4 pm, interested parties can obtain non-binding advice on booking.