Museum am Rothenbaum

The Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt, founded in 1879, is today one of the largest museums of ethnology in Europe. The approximately 350,000 objects in the collection are visited every year by about 180,000 visitors.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum of ethnology in Hamburg, Germany
  • Also known as: Museum fuer Voelkerkunde Hamburg”, “Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg”, and “Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum am Rothenbaum and Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.

Museum
Photo: Carol.Christiansen, Public domain.

University
The is one of the larger universities of music in Germany. It was founded in 1950 as Staatliche Hochschule für Musik on the base of the former private acting school of Annemarie Marks-Rocke and Eduard Marks. is situated 680 metres east of Museum am Rothenbaum.

Stadium
is the site of the main tennis court of the German Open Tennis Championships, played in the quarter of , . Though the site is called "Tennisstadion am Rothenbaum", it is today officially located in the quarter of Hamburg. is situated 590 metres north of Museum am Rothenbaum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotherbaum and Harvestehude.

Suburb
is a quarter of , a borough of , . In 2020, the population was 17,114. In German, "roter Baum" means red tree. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, was preserved in names.

Suburb
is a quarter of , , in the borough of . It is located on the eastern boundaries of the borough near lake .

Suburb
is a quarter of , in the borough.

Museum am Rothenbaum

Latitude
53.56851° or 53° 34′ 7″ north
Longitude
9.98922° or 9° 59′ 21″ east
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
9F5FHX9Q+CM
Geo­Names ID
10228833
Wiki­data ID
Q113046424
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Museum am Rothenbaum” goes by many names.

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