Villa Liebieg

Villa Liebieg stands on Frankfurt’s Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main, within the Museumsufer’s concentration of cultural institutions. The late nineteenth-century villa combines several European architectural styles. Munich architect Leonhard Romeis designed it between 1892 and 1896 as a retirement home for Bohemian textile manufacturer Baron Heinrich von Liebieg. Franconian roots and travels shaped its distinctive appearance.

Frankfurt acquired the building in 1908 and turned it into the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, a museum of sculpture. Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman works share its rooms with medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Classicist pieces. Far Eastern art extends the collection beyond Europe, while an Open Depot reveals sculptures outside the permanent exhibition. Stucco, wooden ceilings, custom furniture and artworks preserve the villa’s layered interior character. The surrounding garden brings together plane trees, paulownias and magnolias from different parts of the world. Events there include exhibition openings, concerts and workshops, while the café serves coffee and cake indoors or on the terrace.