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Polizeimuseum Hamburg

Large police museum in Hamburg-Winterhude on 200 years of police history, forensic science, and sensational Hamburg criminal cases.

OpeningstijdenToegang vanaf € 8 Rolstoeltoegankelijk

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Over het museum

The museum's roots go back to 1893: Gustav Roscher, then head of the criminal police and later police president, set up a teaching collection in the Stadthaus on Neuer Wall, on which aspiring police officers were trained using real cases. This collection was not public; most of it was lost in the air raids on Hamburg in 1943 and was rebuilt after the war in changing locations.

Today the museum uses a utility and canteen building, completed in 1938, of the former Mackensen barracks on Carl-Cohn-Straße. After 1945 the buildings first served Danish and British units, and from 1957 the Hamburg police, whose state police school used the building as a canteen until 2006. After a thorough renovation, the exhibition on criminal cases in the attic level was presented first in 2010; since February 2014 the museum has been regularly open to visitors.

On three floors it deals with the transformation of the Hamburg police over about 200 years, with methods of forensic science, and with eight nationally known investigations. Interactive stations such as a halved patrol car, a helicopter simulator, and a reconstructed 1960s police station make the visit vivid for children too. The building is on the grounds of the Akademie der Polizei Hamburg and is supported by the Polizeiverein Hamburg.

Hoogtepunten

Exhibition on eight sensational Hamburg criminal cases
Hands-on forensics with an investigator game
Halved patrol car with a simulated emergency drive
Simulator in a real BO 105 police helicopter
Reconstructed police station from the 1960s

Vaste collectie

200 Jahre Hamburger Polizeigeschichte – The first floor shows how the tasks and self-image of the Hamburg police have changed along with urban society.
Kriminaltechnik – The second floor deals with evidence collection and analysis methods; in the investigator game you can solve your own cases.
Die Hamburger Polizei ermittelt – Eight nationally known criminal cases on the top floor illustrate the everyday work of Hamburg police investigators.

Opgericht: 2014
Beheerder: Polizei Hamburg (Akademie der Polizei Hamburg)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Volwassenen	€ 8
Met korting	€ 6School students and trainees over 18, university students up to 30, retirees, people with severe disabilities with ID, recipients of social assistance, and unemployed people
Kinderen & jongeren	gratisgratis t/m 17 jaar · Children and young people under 18 free.
Senioren	€ 6Retirees
Mensen met een beperking	€ 6With severe disability ID (Schwerbehindertenausweis).
Studenten	€ 6University students up to 30; school students and trainees over 18.
Groepen	–Group tours by registration for up to 15 people: highlights tour (45 min.) €30 plus admission, group tour (90 min.) €45.
Annual pass	€ 20

Free admission with the Hamburg City Pass, reduced with the Hamburg Card. Admission vouchers are available in the museum shop.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Because the main entrance is reached via a staircase, there is an accessible side entrance on the left side of the building (ring the bell for staff). An elevator connects all three exhibition floors; accessible restroom on the first floor, two accessible parking spaces directly next to the museum.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

Toegang kinderen	gratis t/m 17 jaar

Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
Doe- en voelstations
Kinderwagenvriendelijk
Kinderfeestjes

Puzzle booklets for different age groups: picture-book search game from age 4, police rally from about 7 to 8 years, notebook rally from about 9 years, investigator game from about 12 years. Children may climb into a real patrol car and try out the helicopter simulator. Children's birthday parties for 6- to 12-year-olds on Sundays at 11:00 and 14:00 (approx. 2 hours; from November 1, 2026 €125 for up to 10 children and 2 adults), inquiries by email.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Met het openbaar vervoer

Carl-Cohn-Straße · 5 min. lopen

Bus 19 to Carl-Cohn-Straße; buses 20, 118, and 179 to Jahnring (Mitte); U1 to Alsterdorf (approx. 10-minute walk). Because of construction work, the U1 is expected to run only as far as Lattenkamp until October 2026 – in that case it is better to take bus 19.

Met de auto

Geen eigen parkeerplaats bij het museum.

No visitor parking on the grounds; only people with an accessible parking permit can park near the building.

Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats

By car via Jahnring – Braamkamp – Krochmannstraße – Carl-Cohn-Straße. The museum is on the grounds of the Akademie der Polizei Hamburg.

Route plannen

Service & horeca

Museumwinkel

Museum shop (during opening hours) with police souvenirs, model vehicles of the Hamburg police, and party supplies for children's birthdays. Reference library on police history.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

Je bezoek plannen

Rondleidingen	ja · duur ca. 45 min.
Aanbod voor scholen	ja
Goed om te weten	Visitors aged 16 and over must show ID at the entrance, as the museum is on the secured grounds of the police academy. Highlights tour (45 min.) and in-depth group tour (90 min.) by registration by email or hotline. School and children's groups come only with a museum-education tour. A virtual 360-degree tour is also available online.