Speicherstadtmuseum

Over het museum

The museum grew out of an exhibition that the Museum der Arbeit staged in 1988 and 1989 on two storage floors in Block R to mark the Speicherstadt's centenary. Afterward it was reduced to a single floor and was open only to pre-booked groups. In 1995 Henning Rademacher took over the show and expanded it into the Speicherstadtmuseum, a privately run branch of the Museum der Arbeit. Since 2008 it has belonged, together with the Museum der Arbeit, to the Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg.

In fall 2011 the museum moved from St. Annenufer to Block L on Sandtorkai, a warehouse built in 1887/88. The exhibition was completely redesigned for the move and has since made use of the authentic atmosphere of a storage floor, complete with sacks, crates, and tools.

The focus is on the work of the Quartiersleute, the warehouse keepers who stored, inspected, and processed imported goods such as coffee, tea, cocoa, and rubber. On display are items such as sampling probes, Griepen (sack hooks), and hand hooks, along with sorting machines. A second focus is the construction of the Speicherstadt, for which an entire old-town quarter with around 16,000 residents was demolished, and Hamburg's entry into the customs union in 1888. The coffee trade runs like a common thread through the rooms, and a fitted-out tea-tasting room recalls the tea trade. Since 2015 the Speicherstadt, together with the Kontorhausviertel, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Hoogtepunten

• Original storage floor in an 1888 warehouse
• Tools of the Quartiersleute (warehouse keepers), such as sampling probes, Griepen, and hand hooks
• Emperor Wilhelm II's silver masonry tools from the 1888 customs union ceremony
• Furnishings of a historic tea-tasting room
• Speicherstadt walking tours with a museum tour, plus coffee and tea tastings

Vaste collectie

• Speicherstadt – Baudenkmal und Arbeitsort – Exhibition on the warehouse work of the Quartiersleute, on classic imports such as coffee, tea, cocoa, and rubber, and on the construction history of the Speicherstadt.

Opgericht

1995

Beheerder

Henning Rademacher (privat betriebene Außenstelle des Museums der Arbeit, Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The group rate also applies to holders of the Hamburg Card, the Hamburger Ferienpass (including accompanying adults), the Niedersachsen-Ticket, and the CityPower Card.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

Family tours for children ages 6 to 12 with an accompanying adult (about 90 minutes, with a cocoa bean tasting and treasure hunt). For individual visitors, a children's scavenger hunt featuring the character "Kalle, de lütte Quartiersmann" with a certificate, and a search game for younger children.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 100 personen.

Available to rent after closing time for parties, receptions, and presentations: up to 60 people seated at tables, up to 100 for standing receptions. Free choice of caterer; no dancing events, and smoking is prohibited on the storage floors.

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