Backsteinfassade des Internationalen Maritimen Museums im Abendlicht mit Spiegelung im Wasser.
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Maritime museums

Experience Hamburg's maritime history up close

In Hamburg's maritime museums you can follow the traces of the Hanseatic city. When was the second largest port in Europe founded? What role did the Hanseatic League play in Hamburg's development? How many bricks does the Chilehaus actually consist of? You will find answers to these questions and more in these museums!

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    Altona Museum

    Visitors can find out more about the history of the popular Hanseatic city and the whole of Schleswig-Holstein at the Altona Museum in Hamburg. The museum brings you closer to…

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    Altonaer Museum

    Museumstraße 23
    22765 Hamburg

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    Deutsches Hafenmuseum (German Harbour Museum) - Location: Shed 50A

    Hamburg's history as an important transhipment point for the shipping industry can be experienced with exciting guided tours and many exhibits in the authentic harbour museum. …

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    Deutsches Hafenmuseum (German Harbour Museum) - Location: Shed 50A
    Hafenmuseum

    Deutsches Hafenmuseum - Standort Schuppen 50A

    Australiastraße (Kopfbau des Schuppens) 50A
    22457 Hamburg

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    Emigrant Museum BallinStadt

    The emigrant museum BallinStadt in Hamburg opens its doors and shows in its exhibition the emigration history from four epochs.

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    Emigrant Museum BallinStadt
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    BallinStadt

    Veddeler Bogen 2
    20539 Hamburg

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    German Customs Museum

    Located in the historic Speicherstadt warehouse district, the German Customs Museum invites its guests a vivid and lively insight into the world of those who have been…

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    Deutsches Zollmuseum

    Alter Wandrahm 16
    20457 Hamburg

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    HafenCity InfoCenter in the Kesselhaus

    In the former energy centre of the Speicherstadt, visitors can expect exciting insights into the development of Europe's largest inner-city urban development project. …

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    HafenCity InfoCenter im Kesselhaus

    Am Sandtorkai 30
    20457 Hamburg

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    International Maritime Museum

    Kaispeicher B in Hamburg's Speicherstadt is home to the world's largest private collection of maritime treasures from 3000 years of shipping and naval history. …

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    Internationales Maritimes Museum

    Koreastraße 1 , Kaispeicher B
    20457 Hamburg

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    Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte

    Why Hamburg is what it is. If you want to know how the mission fort Hammaburg became the proud Hanseatic city and the proverbial gateway to the world, then the Museum of…

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    Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte

    Holstenwall 24
    20355 Hamburg

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    Speicherstadtmuseum

    Discover Hamburg's World Heritage! - In the authentic setting of a storage block from 1888, you can still experience the original atmosphere of the world's unique storage city,…

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    Speicherstadtmuseum

    Speicherstadtmuseum

    Am Sandtorkai 36
    20457 Hamburg

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    U-434 submarine museum

    Explore one of the largest non-atomic submarines in the world, U-434. It was once used by the Russian Navy for espionage, now it is moored in Hamburg as a submarine museum. …

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    U-434 U-Bootmuseum

    St. Pauli Fischmarkt 10
    20359 Hamburg

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DISCOVER NOW Maritime Hamburg

Abendstimmung in der beleuchteten Hamburger Speicherstadt mit Blick auf das Wasserschloss am Fleet
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Brick, Canal, Bridge & Road Maritime Culture & UNESCO

Red brick, canals, bridges and alleyways – the complex of warehouses, built from the end of the 19th century near the Port of Hamburg, is so extensive that it could even be called a mini-city in its own right.

Maritime Culture & UNESCO
Open-Air-Konzert beim ELBJAZZ Festival im Hamburger Hafen mit Bühne, Kränen und Abendhimmel
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Experiences against a maritime backdrop Entertainment on the waterfront

In the past, people mainly worked in the port, but today there are also all kinds of things to see, try out and experience. The Elbe, ships and containers provide a picturesque backdrop for concerts, festivals and tours, among other things.

Entertainment on the waterfront
Uhrturm der Landungsbrücken mit Museumsschiff Rickmer Rickmers und Blick auf die Elbe
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The Landungsbrücken

The Landungsbrücken are Hamburg's floating jetty and starting point for numerous harbour tours and ferries.

The Landungsbrücken
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