All history museums and attractions to visit in Hamburg

Hamburg (Germany) is a good place to visit if you are interested in history. Below we list all 24 history museums in Hamburg, to lose yourself in the place's cultural heritage and local history.

Are you a real history buff and are you looking for the best history museums to visit in Hamburg? These are the ones:

  1. Hamburg Dungeon1

    Hamburg Dungeon

     Hamburg
    The Hamburg Dungeon is a unique tourist attraction that was established in the year 2000. It is part of a chain that includes the London Dungeon and Berlin Dungeon, making it the first of its kind to be built in mainland Europe. This attraction offers a unique perspective on history, providing an interactive experience led by actors.
  2. Museum Ship Rickmer Rickmers2

    Museum Ship Rickmer Rickmers

     Hamburg
    The Rickmer Rickmers is a significant historical monument in Hamburg. This three-masted steel cargo sailing ship is now a museum, providing visitors with a glimpse into the maritime history of the city. It is located in the port of Hamburg at the St. Pauli Landing Bridges, a popular tourist area known for its vibrant nightlife and entertainment.
  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. Spicy's Spice Museum4

    Spicy's Spice Museum

     Hamburg
    The museum is situated in the historic Speicherstadt, on an old storage floor in the Speicher Block L. This location adds to the charm and authenticity of the museum, providing a fitting backdrop for the exploration of spices.
  5. Museum of Hamburg History (Hamburgmuseum)5

    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
  6. Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial6

    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
  7. BallinStadt - Port of Dreams7

    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.
  8. Krameramtswohnungen Museum8

    Krameramtswohnungen Museum

     Hamburg
  9. Deutsches Zollmuseum9

    Deutsches Zollmuseum

     Hamburg
    The Deutsches Zollmuseum museum located in the former warehouse district displays its collection of almost 1,000 objects connected with the history of customs. There is also a library with more than 6000 historical books on the subject.
  10. Speicherstadtmuseum10

    Speicherstadtmuseum

     Hamburg
    The Speicherstadtmuseum is located in the former warehouse with an authentic atmosphere. In the warehouse all the goods were stored to be transported to another destination. The Speicherstadtmuseum mostly illustrates the importance of trade for Hamburg with historical photos and many interesting exh
  11. Hafenmuseum Hamburg11

    Hafenmuseum Hamburg

     Hamburg
    The Hafenmuseum Hamburg (German Port Museum Hamburg) is located in the remaining historical part of the free port built over a 100 years ago and focuses on the commercial and economic history of Germany's largest port, and wider issues of globalization and worldwide trade.
  12. Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt12

    Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt

     Hamburg
    The Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt is one of the largest museums of ethnology in Europe. The museum has a collection of over 350.000 objects.
  13. Archäologisches Museum Hamburg13

    Archäologisches Museum Hamburg

     Hamburg
    The Archaeological Museum Hamburg (Archäologisches Museum Hamburg) owns a collection that puts its focus on the archaeology of Northern Germany and the history of the town of Harburg. The museum houses one of the largest collections on prehistory and early history of Northern Germany. Changing speci
  14. Telemann Museum14

    Telemann Museum

     Hamburg
    The Telemann Museum is a museum dedicated to the classical composer Georg Philipp Telemann.The museum is located in a historical building where the composer lived and worked from 1721 until 1767 when he died. The exhibitions in the Telemann Museum focus on his life, including his passion for his bot
  15. Museum of Work15

    Museum of Work

     Hamburg
    Museum of Work is an unusual museum devoted to the changes in the work process over the last 150 years. The museum mostly focuses on the industrialization.
  16. Altonaer Museum - Norddeutsches Landesmuseum16

    Altonaer Museum - Norddeutsches Landesmuseum

     Hamburg
    The Altonaer Museum - Norddeutsches Landesmuseum tells the story of the Altona district, which used to be an independent centre with sea trade until the 20th century.
  17. Rieck-Haus17

    Rieck-Haus

     Hamburg
    The Hufnerhaus from 1533, named after the Rieck family of farmers, is one of the oldest preserved half-timbered houses in northern Germany. This open-air museum tells the story of its five hundred years culture and history. The museum focuses on showing peasant life in the Vierlanden before the Indu
  18. PuppenMuseum Falkenstein18

    PuppenMuseum Falkenstein

     Hamburg
    The PuppenMuseum Falkenstein (Doll Museum Falkenstein) shows a nostalgic miniature world of lace, velvet and silk, but also historical and cultural aspects of the bourgeois world from the late 18th century to the 1950s.
  19. Gedenkstätte Ernst Thälmann19

    Gedenkstätte Ernst Thälmann

     Hamburg
    Ernst Thälmann (1886-1944) was chairman of the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD) in Hamburg and a member of the Hamburg Parliament. He then became a member of the German Reichstag and chairman of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). From 1929 until his arrest on 3 March 1933 he lived with
  20. Heine-Haus20

    Heine-Haus

     Hamburg
    The Heine-Haus in Hamburg is the former garden house of Salomon Heine, built in 1832. Since 2001, the Heine-Haus is part ofthe Altonaer Museums
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    Museum of Coffee

     Hamburg
    The Museum of Coffee answers questions such as: Where does coffee come from? How does the bean actually turn brown? And how do you prepare it properly? Hundreds of exhibits from all over the world tell visitors the success story of coffee through the ages.
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    Polizeimuseum Hamburg

     Hamburg
    Polizeimuseum Hamburg (The Police Museum of Hamburg) is the largest and most modern police museum in Germany where visitors experience police up close. It is an interactive police museum in an authentic environment. The exhibitions are presented on an area of 1400 square metres, spread over three fl
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    Museum für Bergedorf und die Vierlande

     Hamburg
    The Bergedorf and Vierlande Museum is located in the Bergedorf Castle. Centrally located in the city center and yet in the idyllic green surroundings, this modern regional museum invites visitors on a tour through the history of Hamburg's Bergedorf district. On two floors in historical rooms, the pe
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    Sankt Pauli Museum

     Hamburg
    The Sankt Pauli Museum creates a complex picture of the district's modern history and features unusual collections.