The best museums in Hamburg in June 2023

These are the top 20 best museums in Hamburg, Germany, ranked by their rating and popularity in 2023. Click a museum for more information about the museum, including visitor information, exhibitions and reviews.

For a complete overview of museums in Hamburg, their exhibitions and discount cards & passes, see our overview page with all museums in Hamburg.

Looking for the best museums in Hamburg? These are the best ones:

  1. Miniatur Wunderland1

    Miniatur Wunderland

    Hamburg
  2. Museum Ship Rickmer Rickmers2

    Museum Ship Rickmer Rickmers

    Hamburg
  3. International Maritime Museum3

    International Maritime Museum

    Hamburg
    The International Maritime Museum is housed in a former warehouse. It is a private museum that houses Peter Tamm's collection of model ships, construction plans, uniforms, maritime art and many photographs. Peter Tamm was chairman of the board of the Axel Springer AG, the largest digital publishing
  4. Hamburger Kunsthalle4

    Hamburger Kunsthalle

    Hamburg
    The Hamburger Kunsthalle is the art museum in Hamburg and is one of the largest museums in Germany. The Kunsthalle covers seven centuries of European art, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The museum is divided into four main sections: the Gallery of Old Masters, the Gallery of 19th-century A
  5. Dialogue in the Dark5

    Dialogue in the Dark

    Hamburg
    Dialogue in the Dark is a museum experience where visitors explore the exhibition in complete darkness led by blind people to understand what is their life is like.
  6. Hamburg Zoo6

    Hamburg Zoo

    Hamburg
    The Tierpark Hagenbeck in Hamburg is a zoo of which the collection began in 1863 with animals that belonged to amateur animals collector Carl Hagenbeck Sr. The zoo itself was founded in 1907 and is mostly known for for being the first zoo to use open enclosures surrounded by moats.
  7. Spicy's Spice Museum7

    Spicy's Spice Museum

    Hamburg
  8. Chocoversum by Hachez8

    Chocoversum by Hachez

    Hamburg
    Chocoversum by Hachez is a chocolate museum that offers a variety of delicious goods. You can attend an informative guided tour to learn about how chocolate is made from bean to bar, including loads of tasting.
  9. Museum of Hamburg History (Hamburgmuseum)9

    Museum of Hamburg History (Hamburgmuseum)

    Hamburg
    The Hamburg Museum, or Museum of Hamburg History, is a history museum on this history of the city of Hamburg that was established in 1922. The museum has many objects preserved by the Society of Hamburg History that was founded in 1839. The museum is known for displaying miniature scale models that
  10. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe10

    Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

    Hamburg
    The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg is a museum of fine, applied and decorative arts that features various collections, including special Islamic art, expressionistic art and a Japanese teahouse. So don't hesitate and come explore. Be sure to check the official website prior to your visit fo
  11. Panoptikum11

    Panoptikum

    Hamburg
  12. Prototyp Car Museum12

    Prototyp Car Museum

    Hamburg
    Prototyp Car Museum features a permanent exhibition that is specialized in German sports and racing cars developed after the Second World War, which were technically based on pre-war constructions like the Volkswagen. The museum is privately funded and tries to focus on the designers of the cars and
  13. Deichtorhallen13

    Deichtorhallen

    Hamburg
    The Deichtorhallen is one of largest art centers for contemporary art and photography in Europe. The two historical buildings dating from the 1910s are iconic in style, with their open steel-and-glass structures. The museum organizes various exhibitions in both the Halle für Aktuelle Kunst and the H
  14. Bucerius Kunst Forum14

    Bucerius Kunst Forum

    Hamburg
    The Bucerius Kunst Forum is an international exhibition centre that is named after Gerd Bucerius, a German politician and journalist, one of the founding members of Die Zeit. The Bucerius Kunst Forum organizes three to four exhibitions per year, in cooperation with other museums and collections. The
  15. U-Boot Museum Hamburg15

    U-Boot Museum Hamburg

    Hamburg
    The U-Boot Museum Hamburg (Submarine Museum Hamburg) is housed in the Soviet submarine B-515, which was a Tango-class submarine of the Soviet and Russian Navies. The submarine is also referred to as U-434, which derives from the number painted on the vessel. The crew of the submarine consisted of 78
  16. Kunstverein16

    Kunstverein

    Hamburg
  17. Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial17

    Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial

    Hamburg
    The Neuengamme concentration camp was a network of concentration camps in the North of Germany that consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and its more than 85 subcamps. With more than 100000 prisoners that came through The Neuengamme camp and its subcamps, it became the largest concentration camp
  18. Erotic Art Museum18

    Erotic Art Museum

    Hamburg
    The Erotic Art Museum is a place for international erotic art closely related to artists from Sankt Pauli.
  19. BallinStadt - Port of Dreams19

    BallinStadt - Port of Dreams

    Hamburg
    BallinStadt - Port of Dreams is a place with interactive exhibits and photos devoted to immigration to America in the last three centuries.
  20. Krameramtswohnungen Museum20

    Krameramtswohnungen Museum

    Hamburg

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