Fascination Ports

Germany has 20 seaports and around 100 public inland ports, which is about 100 more ports than most people living next to the Elbe could name. This show is the first look at the German Port Museum, the new museum Hamburg is building alongside the restored four-masted barque PEKING.

You walk in among about 30 historical objects lent from several German states, from transport, industry and leisure, with large projections showing the scale of global shipping today. It is a sampler of themes and display ideas for the museum to come, not a full history.

Admission is free. A public tour runs every Sunday at 11:00 (€4), and on Thursdays, when the Kultur Kontor stays open until 21:00, museum staff host an hour-long Hafengespräch with guests at 18:00 on topics from port health to queer port culture.