Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg

Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg

The Museum of Ethnology in Hamburg is located in Eimsbüttel and was established in 1879. It is the largest ethnological museum in Hamburg and Europe, housing a collection of 350,000 ethnological items, attracting around 180,000 visitors annually.

As early as 1849, a small number of ethnological items were collected in the city library. Later, they became part of the Hamburg Museum of Natural History before eventually becoming an independent institution — the Museum of Ethnology. The museum’s collection originates from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Ancient Egypt, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. It includes Plains Indians' pipe bags and teepees, textiles, pottery, jewelry, skulls, 11th-century copper bowls and bronze mortars, 18th-century carpets, gold and silver ornaments, weapons, wood carvings, garments, masks, rod puppets, shadow puppets, photographs, gourds, carvings, and more.

The museum’s collection of European ethnological items is the largest and most extensive in Europe, featuring over 3,000 pieces of pottery and ceramic industry machinery dating back to the 1970s.

Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg

Must-visit reason: The largest ethnological museum in Europe

Continent where the attraction is located: Europe【Europe】

Country/Region where the attraction is located: Germany[Germany]

Province/State where the attraction is located: Hamburg State [Hamburg]

City where the attraction is located: Hamburg [Hamburg]