German Leather Museum

Well organized and great artifacts. The workshops are excellent! A must see location.

An absolutely fantastic little museum, providing a hands-on (for some of it) look at the history, types, and various styles and embellishments of leather. You can't go wrong taking a visit here.

Really disappointed after the renovation or revamp. All the interesting old charm is gone - no Indonesian shadow puppets, tools and clothes of Eskimos, rooms of native Indian displays...and the elephant head is gone. Note sure if it is all p.c.now but disappointing really.

Surprisingly exciting. Offenbach was once the heart of textil production in Germany 🇩🇪 In the museum you’ll find the expertise in leather like Napoleons Briefcase or the Sneaker of Joschka Fischer he once has worn when sworn in German Parlament.

Amazing and unique museum. My favorite part was the interactive area on the first floor where you can touch all kinds of different leathers and leather treatments. 2nd and 3rd floors have special exhibits and leather items from around the world. A much bigger and diverse collection than you might expect. My wife and I spent 2.5 hours here. Added bonus, they have brochures and handouts in English, which is especially helpful for those of us who are not fluent in German. Definitely recommend.

It takes some effort to get here from the city center of Frankfurt, and eventhough I find the themes of the current exhibitions interesting, I was disappointed at the very old fashioned main permanent exhibition, which needs refreshing urgently.
This museum has many treasures, but the main permanent exhibition, which is most of what you get to view, is archaic overcrowded and not very communicative, against the fact that it is rich is sources and has pretty amazing items.
The current exhibitions are much better presented and curated, but here too there's an overload on one side (the 100 years exhibition) and lack of substance on other (bags exhibition).
I was impressed with the tutoring aspect of the leather computerized exhibition, where u can touch various raw leathers and get info about them - probably fun with children.
All in all - has some value points, but not really worth too much effort, if you are not anyway around or its on.your way

The artifacts and collections on display are actually quite interesting, and their new prototype room is quite nice and modern. The collections of shoes from around the world is especially intriguing. However, the only word that comes to mind for the rest of the museum is creepy. The objects are not creepy, just how the exhibits are laid out. In each room, you have to turn on the lights yourself, and sometimes this means entering a room that is in complete darkness. I don't mind turning on additional lights to view objects (as I understand this better preserves them) but there should be some sort of general lighting in place so you're not constantly groping around in the dark for a light switch. Also, because they are timed, you can be looking at an exhibit, only to have the lights go out on you. Honestly, if this is fixed, and if some more information was added for non-German speakers, this museum could be a much better experience. I still think it's worth a visit, even with these issues.

The museum is OK, but only if you like leather or history. Good tour though.