• 25 model dioramas in the permanent show trace building from the first hut to the skyscraper, a good fit for kids who love Lego or miniatures
• A maze of a building, since the stairs are easy to miss, so check the overview board at the entrance before you head up
• Riverside playgrounds a few minutes' walk away on the Main, handy for a run-around after the galleries

The DAM fills an old villa on the Museumsufer with a white "house within a house" that architect Oswald Mathias Ungers built in 1984, climbing from the basement to a gabled top floor under a glass roof.

The permanent exhibition, "From Primitive Hut to Skyscraper", tells the story of building through 25 model dioramas. Temporary shows on cities and design change through the year.