List of museums in Hamburg
The city of Hamburg, Germany is home to several museums, galleries, and other related cultural institutions. 92 state and private museums are located in Hamburg proper as of 2024.[1] This list contains the most famous or well-regarded organizations.
Several foundations and organisations in Hamburg coordinate the events and exhibitions for most museums. Events like the Long Night of Museums (Lange Nacht der Museen) - during which the establishments remain open late into the night, seeking to introduce new individuals to the cultural institutions - are promoted by the Museumsdienst Hamburg.[2] The ticket include only one fare for all museums and the public transport provided by the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. In 2009, 42 museums and exhibition halls participated, with more than 600 events and exhibitions, and the cost was €12, reduced €8. More than 30,000 people attended.[3] [4]
| German name | Translation | Date[5] | Location[6] | Notes | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kunsthalle Hamburg und Galerie der Gegenwart | Art Gallery and Gallery of Contemporary Arts | |||||
| Deichtorhallen Haus der Photographie | House of Photography (and exhibition hall for contemporary art) | |||||
| 1962 | ||||||
| Erotic Art Museum | closed | |||||
| [7] | ||||||
| Museum of Art and Industry Hamburg | 1874 |
| German name | Translation | Date[8] | Location[9] | Notes | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Composers Quarter Hamburg | |||||
| 1971 | Composers Quarter Hamburg | |||||
| 2011 | Composers Quarter Hamburg | |||||
| 2015 | Composers Quarter Hamburg | |||||
| 2018 | Composers Quarter Hamburg | |||||
| 2018 | Composers Quarter Hamburg | |||||
| 2009–2012 | ||||||
| Jazz-Museum Bix Eiben | 1987–2013 |
| German name | Description | Date | Location | Notes | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-2011 | ||||||
| Alstertal-Museum | Historical and cultural information of the area | 1957 | ||||
| Altonaer Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte | Art and cultural history of Northern Germany | |||||
| Archaeological Museum of Hamburg, the southern neighbouring counties and the History of Harburg | ||||||
| BallinStadt - Auswandererwelt Hamburg BallinStadt - The Emigration Museum | Emigration via Hamburg (1850 - 1934) | 2004 | ||||
| Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum | Zoological museum | 1843 (1969) | ||||
| Cap San Diego | Museum ship | 1986 | ||||
| Deutsches Zollmuseum | History of German customs | 1927 (1993) | ||||
| Gedenkstätte Ernst Thälmann | Ernst Thälmann Memorial Museum | 1969 | lang|de}} | |||
| Naval history, model ships, naval uniforms and maritime art | selectable | |||||
| Museum der Arbeit | People's history and industrialization in Hamburg | 1985 | [10] | |||
| History of communication | 1937 (1966) | |||||
| Museum at the Rothenbaum – Cultures and Arts of the World | 1879 | |||||
| Hamburgmuseum former: Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte | Museum of Hamburg history | 1892 | ||||
| Museum Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg | 1907 | |||||
| 1861 - 1885 | Closed | |||||
| Memorial at Neuengamme concentration camp | ||||||
| Rickmer Rickmers | 1987 | |||||
| Speicherstadt Museum | History of the Speicherstadt, tea and koffee trade | selectable | ||||
| St. Pauli Museum | 2005 | http://www.st-pauli-museum.com/ | ||||
| Stettin | Museums ship, steam icebreaker in the museum port of Oevelgoenne | |||||
| WasserForum | Water in Hamburg, history and services |
| German name | Translation | Date[11] | Location[12] | Notes | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geologisch-Paläontologisches Museum Hamburg | Hamburg Geological and Paleontological Museum | 2014 | ||||
| Hamburg Observatory | 1912 | |||||
| Mineralogisches Museum Hamburg | Hamburg Mineralogical Museum | 1907 (1969) | Grindelviertel | |||
| Hamburg Planetarium | 1930 |
| German name | Translation | Date | Location | Notes | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| „Die Dachbodenbande“ | Attic caboodle | Toy museum | ||||
| FC St Pauli Museum | 1910 - Museum für den FC St. Pauli E.v. | 2017 | Millerntor Stadion | Football/Fan Culture | ||
| Hafenmuseum | Port museum | |||||
| https://web.archive.org/web/20011128083611/http://www.hamburgdungeon.com/ | ||||||
| Hamburger Schulmuseum | Hamburg Museums for Schools | |||||
| Hamburger SV Museum | 2004 | |||||
| KL!CK Kindermuseum | Children's museum | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| Prototyp – Personen. Kraft. Wagen. | Car museum | selectable | ||||
| Spicy's Gewürzmuseum | Spice museum | 1991 | partly |