Museum sights in Hamburg
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Museum Für Hamburgische Geschichte
East of the Reeperbahn, the kid-friendly (and kid-at-heart-friendly) Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte is chock-full of intricate ship models, has a large model train set (only open at certain times; check ahead), and even the actual bridge of the steamship Werner, which you can clamber over. As it chronicles the city's evolution, it reveals titbits such as the fact that the Reeperbahn was once the home of rope makers ( Reep means 'rope'). There's a reduced admission price of €6.50 for ticket-holders to Miniatur-Wunderland.
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Harry's Hamburger Hafenbasar
This shop-cum-museum-cum-whatever is the life's work of the late, great Harry Rosenberg, a bearded character famous with seamen around the globe for his intense collecting of worldly souvenirs. The result is this curio-crammed shop that is free to visit as long as you buy something, which is easy if you're in the market for a set of Zulu drums.
The shop is now run by Rosenberg's daughter; ask her about insider tours, in English, of the secrets of the St Pauli district.
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Museum für Völkerkunde
The newly refurbished, Museum für Völkerkunde demonstrates seafaring Hamburg's acute awareness of the outside world. Modern artefacts from Africa, Asia and the South Pacific are displayed alongside traditional masks, jewellery, costumes and musical instruments, including carved wooden canoes and giant sculptures from Papua New Guinea, and a complete, intricately carved Maori meeting hall. The approach is refreshingly respectful of the cultures it presents.
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Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe
The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe isn't quite so exalted, but is still lots of fun. Its vast collection of sculpture, furniture, fashion, jewellery, posters, porcelain, musical instruments and household objects runs the gamut from Italian to Islamic, Japanese to Viennese and medieval to pop art, and includes an art-nouveau salon from the 1900 Paris World Fair. The museum cafe is integrated into the exhibition space.
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Museum der Arbeit
The Museum der Arbeit chronicles the development of the workplace in the Hamburg area, with a focus on the changing rights and roles of working men and women. There's also a section on printing, appropriate for this media city. The museum is on the grounds of the former New York-Hamburg Rubber Company.
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Rickmer Rickmers
At the piers, you'll find the 1886 three-masted steel windjammer Rickmer Rickmers, now a museum ship and restaurant. The nearby 10,000-tonne Cap San Diego hosts some interesting temporary exhibitions on immigration and shipping.
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Hamburg Dungeon
Camped-up chamber of horrors brought to life by actors, incorporating various rides. Tours depart every seven minutes and last around one hour. Older kids will get a kick out of it, but it's not recommended for those under 10.
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Cap San Diego
The 10,000-tonne Cap San Diego hosts some interesting temporary exhibitions on immigration and shipping.
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Speicherstadtmuseum
A century-old warehouse is the atmospheric backdrop for exhibitions on Hamburg's trading role (mostly in German).
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Spicy's Gewürzmuseum
This spice and herb museum invites you to exercise your olfaction to the fullest.
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