Deutsches Maler- und Lackierermuseum

Over het museum

In May 1981, members of the Maler- und Lackierer-Innung Hamburg (Hamburg Painters' and Varnishers' Guild), at the suggestion of their guild master Joachim Germann, decided to found a museum of their own. This followed many years of collaboration with Hamburg museums and the State Archives. Because the collection on guilds, painters' companies, and trade associations grew quickly, the planned Hamburg museum became a German museum, with the approval of the federal association of the painting and varnishing trade. It opened on May 18, 1984.

Hamburg's culture authority provided the Billwerder Glockenhaus for the purpose, a country house built around 1600 that owes its name to its roof turret with a bell. Wealthy Hamburg owners gradually expanded the former farmstead, most recently in the late 18th century in the Neoclassical style. After the house was placed under heritage protection in 1972, it was restored; in the process a Baroque ceiling painting from around 1630 came to light, and the historical wall finishes were reconstructed based on the findings.

In the main house, documents, banners, guild objects, and journeyman's and master craftsman's certificates tell the roughly 800-year history of the profession; the upper floor focuses on interior design as well as lettering, reverse glass painting, and trompe-l'oeil painting. Since 2002, the threshing barn opposite – a thatched barn from 1649 originally from Kirchwerder – has displayed workshops, paint mills, and wallpaper and stenciling techniques. There is also a carriage shed with transport carts and a Baroque garden laid out after historical models. The museum is supported by a friends' association; in 2019 it received the Dr. Murjahn-Förderpreis.

Hoogtepunten

• Billwerder Glockenhaus with a Baroque ceiling painting from around 1630
• Guild and trade association banners, including the Hamburg guild banner of 1911
• Large French panoramic wallpaper
• Historical workshops and paint mills in the thatched barn from 1649
• Collection of Schott transport carts
• Baroque garden next to the museum

Vaste collectie

• Zunft und Innung im Glockenhaus – Documents, banners, depictions of St. Luke, and master craftsman's certificates on the organization of the painting trade; on the upper floor, room designs, lettering, reverse glass and trompe-l'oeil painting, and a historical office.
• Technik und Werkstätten in der Tenne – Workshops from around 1600 and around 1940, wood and marble imitation, wallpaper and stenciling techniques, paint mills, and mixing and spraying equipment in a barn from 1649.

Opgericht

1984

Beheerder

Verein zur Förderung des Deutschen Maler- und Lackierer-Museum e.V. (Maler- und Lackierer-Innung Hamburg)

Directie

Rudolf Gregersen

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices according to the website as of 2026.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

No accessibility information available; historic half-timbered house with exhibition on the upper floor.

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car via the A1, exit Hamburg-Moorfleet, or from the city center via the B5 (exit Billstedt-Mitte) to Billwerder Billdeich; the museum is on a dead-end street before the highway bridge.

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