The Caricatura Museum, official name Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst, is a museum for comic art in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It shows a in a permanent exhibition works by the artists of the

Neue Frankfurter Schule Neue Frankfurter Schule (NFS, New Frankfurt School) is a group of writers and artists which was founded by former members of the editorial staff of the satirical magazine ''pardon''. They have published the magazine ''Titanic'' from 1979. History ...

, and additionally exhibitions of contemporary artists.

History

In 2000, a group called Caricatura of the

Historical Museum, Frankfurt The Historical Museum (German: Historisches Museum) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was founded in 1878, and includes cultural and historical objects relating to the history of Frankfurt and Germany. It moved into the Saalhof in 1955, and a new ex ...

, began to prepare a museum for comic art in Frankfurt. The Caricatura Museum was opened on 1 October 2008 in the in the

Altstadt ''Altstadt'' is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. '' Neustadt'' (new town), the logical opposite of ''Alt ...

. The permanent exhibition shows works by F. W. Bernstein, Robert Gernhardt, , and F. K. Waechter, including literary works and films. It is complemented by readings, book presentations and other events. The trade mark of the museum is a bronze sculpture in front of the building by Hans Traxler. The Elch sculpture carries the names of the eight most important representatives of the

, and a two-line poem by F. W. Bernstein, "Die schärfsten Kritiker der Elche / waren früher selber welche" ("The harshest critics of the moose / used themselves to be some").

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