In January 2023, the exhibition „Sixteen Objects – Seventy Years of Yad Vashem“ was displayed in the German Bundestag. The history of these objects from the collection of the International Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem can be traced back to each of the 16 German federal states. The object representing Hamburg…
The years around 1980 were a period of profound upheaval in Germany, which was characterized by fundamental innovations and great fears for the future at the same time. Forty years later, this period seems like a distant land, but many of the developments that originated around 1980 still reach into…
Fulfilling your wishes without even having to leave the house? Mail order has been making this possible for around 150 years. The exhibition aims to show the processes behind the scenes, illustrate the value and amount of work involved and place the mail order business in the context of our…
Unique historical photographs – some of which have never been shown to the public before – illustrate the wartime losses in the Speicherstadt, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015.
You can literally walk around the permanent exhibition of the German Port Museum by strolling through the grounds. The exhibits inside the 50s shed are rather small compared to the floating exhibits or the cranes on the quay, but of course they are all equally important for learning about port…
The collection of the Museum der Arbeit deals with Hamburg’s industrial, technical and social history. Very large objects such as the TRUDE can be found there, as well as stamps that were used to sign off files in the Kontor in the past.
The collection of the Altonaer Museum contains graphics, paintings, textiles, toys as well as cultural-historical objects from the areas of arts and crafts, shipping, life and work in the countryside and in the city.
The Jenisch House is the former country house of Hamburg Senator Martin Johann Jenisch (1793 – 1857). Built between 1831 and 1834 according to plans by Franz Gustav Forsmann and Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the Jenisch House is a significant monument to neo-classical architecture. It is distinguished by its villa style…
