Museum für Völkerkunde

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  • Address
    Rothenbaumchaussee 64, Rotherbaum, 20148
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  • Phone
    308 888
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  • Transport
    underground rail: U1 to Hallerstrasse

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Lonely Planet review

The Museum of Ethnology demonstrates sea-going Hamburg's acute awareness of the outside world. The exhibits themselves are stunning, particularly the domed room at the top of the entrance hall's steps, with its carved wooden canoes and giant sculptures from Papua New Guinea.

The approach is also refreshingly open-minded and not at all patronising. Modern artefacts and issues from Africa, Asia and the South Pacific are presented alongside traditional masks, jewellery, costumes and musical instruments. There's also a complete, intricately carved Maori meeting hall.