German Port Museum

The German Port Museum is a nautical museum in Hamburg. The German Federal Parliament's budget committee approved initial funding of €94 million to rebuild it.

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Opening hours:
November—March: closed
Monday—Friday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Tuesday: closed
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Hamburg, Germany
Also known as: “Deutschen Hafenmuseum Standort Schuppen 50A” and “Hafenmuseum”
Address: Australiastraße, Hamburg, 20457
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include BallinStadt and Stolperstein dedicated to Margarethe Müller.

BallinStadt

Museum

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BallinStadt is the name given to a memorial park and former emigration station in the Port of Hamburg, Germany. From the 1850s to the early 1930s the ground's emigration halls were last homestead for some five million emigrants from various parts of Europe, waiting for their departure to the Americas. BallinStadt is situated 1¼ km southeast of German Port Museum.

Stolperstein dedicated to Margarethe Müller

Memorial

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Stolperstein dedicated to Margarethe Müller is a memorial, which is situated 640 metres east of German Port Museum.

Stolperstein dedicated to Ilse Baustian

Memorial

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Stolperstein dedicated to Ilse Baustian is a memorial, which is situated 670 metres southeast of German Port Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Hamburg and Veddel.

South Hamburg

The southern bank of the river Elbe in Hamburg is dominated by the city's massive port. You will find the Finkenwerder airport, the site of the Airbus aircraft assembly plant there, which is a planespotter's favourite, and further south the district of Harburg, which used to be a separate city and has a long history.

Veddel

Suburb

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Veddel is a quarter in the Hamburg-Mitte borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg on the homonymous island in the Elbe river, in northern Germany. In 2020, the population was 4,356.