Port Museum Hamburg
The Port Museum Hamburg is located in the free port on the last remaining ensemble of quay sheds being today under preservation order. The structure of the quay was built 100 year ago and once ensured the optimal handling of goods between the ship moored to the quay and the traffic on land.
What's on
Here on the quayside, huge cranes reach for the skies and historical goods wagons roll on the original tracks of the port railway. In the port basin we see a coal-fired floating steam crane, the bulk cargo ship MS Bleichen and other interesting historic vessels.
Start of season: March 22nd 2020
Opening hours
Welcome to the Port Museum Hamburg!
Monday 10.00 - 17.00
Tuesday closed
Wednesday - Friday 10.00 - 17.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00 - 18.00
Permanent exhibitions
50s sheds
About 1900, the increasing transhipment and the ships becoming bigger required an extensive rebuilding and extension process of the Port of Hamburg. From 1908 until 1909, the sheds 50 and 51 were built along the wall of the Bremen quay. Each of them was 271 metres long and 48 metres deep. Furthermore, a dwelling house for the quay officials was built in 1911. More or less at the same time, the sheds 52 and 53 were built at the Australia quay along the India port.
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Bremen Quay
On the Bremen Quay …along the museum’s pontoon bridge, you find the floating exhibits tied up. The floating crane Saatsee from 1917 and the steam-powered suction machine Sauger IV from 1909 with their impressive steam engines are started up for special events and presented to the visitors.
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The fleet
The floating crane Saatsee from 1917 and the steam-powered suction machine Sauger IV from 1909 with their impressive steam engines are started up for special events and presented to the visitors.
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MS Bleichen
The MS Bleichen is a traditional cargo ship. By using the characteristic onboard cargo gear, the transfer of individually packaged goods before the invention of the container can be demonstrated.
Opening hours
Monday 10.00 - 17.00
Tuesday closed
Wednesday - Friday 10.00 - 17.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00 - 18.00
Closed from November to March
Closing days
Friday, 31. May 2019
Saturday - Friday, 8. - 13. June 2019
Sunday - Wednesday, 23. - 26. June 2019
Saturday, 31. August 2019
Accessibility
The museum is only partially barrier-free.
Admission
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.
Free admission
Free admission for children and young people under 18, members of the press, carers accompanying a disabled visitor, members of the Deutsches Museumsbund, members of the foundation council and the board of trustees of SHMH, board members and foundation council members of the state museums, ICOM, BVGD, members of the Friends of the SHMH, members of the Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte, BBK, Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker
Contact
Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg Hafenmuseum Hamburg Kopfbau des Schuppens 50A Australiastraße 22457 Hamburg
Getting here
The museum has a good connection to the public transport. Please notice that the terrain is very extensive.
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Our services
Eat & drink
“Kaffeeklappen”, a kind of canteen, existed in the Port of Hamburg since 1888. The dockers could get a warm, cheap meal there. In the 50s sheds, there were also a Kaffeeklappe called “Kaffeehalle N° 7” at Veddeler Damm / Bremer Kai which was built in 1910. Today, the museum’s Kaffeeklappe in shed 50 A supplies visitors with coffee and cake as well as with other cold and warm drinks.
Shop
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 Port Museum.
Maritime Circle Line
Visit the Port Museum Hamburg on the waterway - with a launch of the Maritime Circle Line.