Plan your visit

The museum has closed its permanent exhibitions due to construction and modernisation work. The current exhibitions remain open to visitors.

The Hamburg Port Museum is on its winter break. During the summer season from April 2nd to October 31st, 2023, the Port Museum will be open again.

Protective Measures against the coronavirus

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5 € for individual visitors
4 € for group visitors (minimum 10 people)
3 € students (aged up to 30), apprentices/trainees, the unemployed, social security recipients, people with disabilities, FSJ

Free entry for visitors under the age of 18 years.

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8,50 € for adults
6 € for groups of more than 10
5 € for vocational college students over 18, students under 30, apprentices and trainees, job seekers, social security recipients, young people doing voluntary work in their gap year.

Guided tours: ticket plus 2 €

Free entry for visitors under the age of 18 years.

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8,50 € for adults
6 € for groups of more than 10
5 € for vocational college students over 18, students under 30, apprentices and trainees, job seekers, social security recipients, young people doing voluntary work in their gap year.

6,50 € for adults
4 € for groups of more than 10
4 € for vocational college students over 18, students under 30, apprentices and trainees, job seekers, social security recipients, young people doing voluntary work in their gap year, owners of Hamburg card or of Hamburg’s holiday – only on presentation of the corresponding pass.

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7 € for adults
4 € for groups of more than 10
4 € for vocational college students over 18, students under 30, apprentices and trainees, job seekers, social security recipients, young people doing voluntary work in their gap year.

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4,50 € for individual visitors
3,20 € for groups of more than 10
2 € (school) pupils
2,50 € for students under 30, apprentices and trainees, job seekers, social security recipients, young people doing voluntary work in their gap year.

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10 € for individual visitors
7 € students (aged up to 30), apprentices/trainees, the unemployed, social security recipients, people with disabilities, FSJ
5 € reduced

Reservations

E-Mail info@heine-haus-hamburg.de
Phone +49 40 39 19 88 23

2,50 € for individuals
1,70 € reduced

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte
Holstenwall 24
20355 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 428 132 100
E-Mail info@mhg.shmh.de

U-Bahn Line U3, stop St. Pauli
Bus 112, stop “Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte”

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Museum der Arbeit
Wiesendamm 3
22305 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 428 132 100
E-Mail info@am.shmh.de

S-/U-Bahn: U3 and S1, S11 to Barmbek.
The museum is located directly opposite the station.

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Altonaer Museum
Museumstraße 23
22765 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 428 135 0
E-Mail info@am.shmh.de

S-Bahn 1/3 to Bahnhof Altona
Bus 112 to Rathaus Altona

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Deutsches Hafenmuseum (im Aufbau)
Kopfbau Schuppen 50A
Australiastraße
20457 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 428 137 130
E-Mail info@deham.shmh.de

Train 3 / 31 bis Veddel (BallinStadt)
Bus 256 bis Hafenmuseum

Please notice that the terrain is very extensive.

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Jenisch Haus
Baron-Voght-Straße 50
22609 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 82 87 90
E-Mail info@am.shmh.de

By public transport (HVV)
S-Bahn to Klein Flottbek or Bus 39 and 286 (to Fähre Teufelsbrück)

Warehouse District Museum
(Speicherstadtmuseum)
Am Sandtorkai 36
20457 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 32 11 91
Fax +49 40 32 13 50
E-Mail info@speicherstadtmuseum.de

Tube 3 Baumwall
Bus 6 Am Sandtorkai
Bus 111 Am Kaiserkai

Historische Museen Hamburg
Millerntorwache
Millerntordamm 2
20359 Hamburg

Subway 3 St. Pauli

Heine-Haus e.V.
Elbchaussee 31
22765 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 855 09 787
E-Mail info@heine-haus-hamburg.de

Bus 112 / 215 to Susettestraße
www.hvv.de

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Kramer-Witwen-Wohnung
Krayenkamp 10
20459 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 375 019 88
E-Mail info@mhg.shmh.de
URL www.kramer-witwen-wohnung.de

Busline 17 to Michaeliskirche

We offer guided tours for families and different programms for children in german.

We offer a variety of guided tours and events for families.

Please also enjoy these exhibitions especcially tailored towards families:

Wunderkammer (Chamber of wonders)

Kinderbuchhaus (Children’s book house)

On the weekends we offer guided tours for families.

Special tours through certain exhibitions of the Museum of Hamburg History with selected thematic focuses are possible for all age groups and group sizes. The museum service takes care of individual concerns.
Contact the museum service

We offer a variety of group programms.

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Make your booking here.

Individual tours with different focuses for all age groups can be booked through the Museumsdienst Hamburg.
Book your tour here.

Individual tours with different focuses for all age groups can be booked through the Museumsdienst Hamburg.

A guided walking tour through the Speicherstadt will give you an insight into the urban interaction of the Speicherstadt in direct contact with the new HafenCity and will focus on the history of the former free port district and its present role as part of Hamburg’s UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.

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The museum offers guided tours and group support for school classes, as well as worksheets that students can use to work independently on a cultural-historical topic at an extracurricular learning location.
More information and bookings

We offer bookable offers for school classes and daycare groups.

Please contact the Museum Service.

The museum is largely barrier-free. In particular wheelchair users can visit most exhibition halls by elevator. Please consult our attendants.

There is barrier-free access at the main entrance.
Wheelchairs are available to disabled visitors free of charge, and barrier-free lifts lead to all exhibition rooms.

The Altona Museum is barrier-free. Wheelchairs are available to disabled visitors free of charge, and barrier-free lifts lead to all exhibition rooms and the library.

The museum is only partially barrier-free.

The low-barrier accessibility of our house is important to us, but unfortunately not all areas are accessible due to reasons of monument protection.

Access is not step-free. There is no toilet designed for people with disabilities.

For wheelchair users, the Heine Haus is only accessible to a limited extent. Toilets are located in the basement and can therefore only be reached via stairs. Please call (040) 428 135-3582 in advance if you are planning a visit.

There are parking spaces in front of the museum, there is no separate disabled parking space. The entrance is not step-free.

Not only the imposing glass-roofed inner courtyard with its fine details makes the Museum of Hamburg History a popular place for events. From corporate events to weddings, the premises of the traditional house offer a stylish and unusual ambience.

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The museum has three large exhibition and event rooms. Outside of museum use for special exhibitions, they are available for events.

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The Altonaer Museum rents out its attractive premises for public and private events outside of opening hours.
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The German Port Museum at the location shed 50A is a very special place – and a bit like Hamburg: rough and beautiful, authentically self-reliant, down-to-earth and urhanseatic. Invite your guests to enjoy this special atmosphere.
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Find our all about Jenisch House as a venue for weddings, gatherings and other events for arounf 70 people.

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The museum can be rented as a location for your private party or business event after opening hours. Please contact us for further information.

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte
Holstenwall 24
20355 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 428 132 100
E-Mail info@mhg.shmh.de

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Museum der Arbeit
Wiesendamm 3
22305 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 428 132 100
E-Mail info@am.shmh.de

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Altonaer Museum
Museumstraße 23
22765 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 428 135 0
E-Mail info@am.shmh.de

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Deutsches Hafenmuseum (im Aufbau)
Kopfbau Schuppen 50A
Australiastraße
20457 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 428 137 130
E-Mail info@deham.shmh.de

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Jenisch Haus
Baron-Voght-Straße 50
22609 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 82 87 90
E-Mail info@am.shmh.de

Warehouse District Museum
(Speicherstadtmuseum)
Am Sandtorkai 36
20457 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 32 11 91
Fax +49 40 32 13 50
E-Mail info@speicherstadtmuseum.de

Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.
Mona Janning

Phone +49 40 33 402 87
E-Mail janning@topefer-stiftung.de
URL www.millerntorwache.org

Heine-Haus e.V.
Elbchaussee 31
22765 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 855 09 787
E-Mail info@heine-haus-hamburg.de

Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg
Kramer-Witwen-Wohnung
Krayenkamp 10
20459 Hamburg

Phone +49 40 375 019 88
E-Mail info@mhg.shmh.de
URL www.kramer-witwen-wohnung.de

In the Museum Shop, you can buy catalogues, books, brochures and DVDs on the history of Hamburg and the museum’s exhibitions.

Opening hours
Monday 10 am – 5 pm
Tuesday closed
Wednesday to Friday 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday 10 am – 6 pm

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In the museum shop you can by a wide range of attractive items.

Opening hours
Monday 10 am – 9 pm
Tuesday closed
Wednesday to Friday 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 6 pm

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The museum shop in the Altonaer Museum has a rich assortment of books, postcards and toys for children and adults, matching the themes of the house.

Opening hours
Monday 10 am – 6 pm
Tuesday closed
Wednesday to Sunday 10 am – 18 pm

Our museum shop “Zampelbüdel” was named after the linen bags used by the dock workers to transport their personal belongings for daily use. Here you can buy souvenirs such as books and postcards, key rings, ship models, maritime clothing, coffee and tea varieties and many other port-related souvenirs. The opening hours are the same as for the German Port Museum.

On the ground floor of the Jenisch Haus, and right next to the ticket office, there is a bookshop. This is where you can buy catalogues, exhibition publications, posters and postcards.

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The shop offers a wide range of gifts and exclusive merchandise inspired by the museum’s collection and its location including different teas, coffee, postcards, posters, mugs, tins and sweets. We stock a range of books, covering related topics such as local history, shipping, labour, tea, coffee and other luxury commodities, local language and guide books.

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Bastion
Bistro – Bar – Café

Opening hours
Mondays 11 am – 5 pm
Closed on Tuesday
Wednesday 11 am – 5 pm
Thursday to Saturday 11 am – 6 pm
Sunday 10 am – 6 pm

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The factory café offers a small, changing lunch every day.

Opening hours
Monday 12 am – 8 pm
Tuesday closed
Wednesday to Sunday 12 am – 5 pm

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In the museum café, visitors and guests can relax and enjoy homemade cakes and tarts, “Franzbroetchen” and hearty treats as well as a changing lunch table.

Opening hours
Monday to Sunday 9 am – 6 pm

In the last historic coffee flap in the Port of Hamburg, visitors to Shed 50A can get coffee and cake as well as cold drinks.

The Jenisch Haus Museum Café is located in Senator Martin Johann Jenisch’s former billiard room on the ground floor of the Jenisch Haus. The café is also open to people who are not visiting the museum itself, and there is no entry fee.

Opening Hours
Monday 11 am – 5 pm
Thursday closed
Wednesday to Sunday 11 am – 5 pm

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The museum has a small café with a variety of hot and cold drinks and a choice of cakes.
Open during museum opening hours. Reservations can be made in advance.

The museum library is a specialised library open to the public.

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A specialist library on the social history of Hamburg from 1800 to the present day is to be found in the Museum of Work.

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The library of the Altonaer Museum is a reference library open to the public with a collection of approximately 80,000 volumes, the oldest of which date back to the 18th century. There are 16 seats available for visitors in the reading room.