Museum of Art and Crafts Hamburg

Museum of Art and Crafts Hamburg

The Museum of Art and Crafts Hamburg is located near Hamburg's main train station. Established in 1874, it is a museum dedicated to fine arts, applied arts, and decorative arts. It was modeled after London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts, and Berlin’s Museum of Decorative Arts.

The museum’s collection is rich and distinctive, featuring treasures from ancient Greece and Rome to contemporary works from Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. It includes historic keyboard instruments, porcelain from the 17th and 18th centuries, Islamic pottery, carpets, and books, 16th-century carpets, furniture by Henry van de Velde and Paul Gauguin, a Japanese tea room, Art Nouveau-designed furniture, Expressionist artworks, as well as Baroque-style furniture, photographs, antique pottery, weapons, jewelry, and sculptures.

The museum houses a diverse array of keyboard instruments, such as harpsichords, small historical harps, keyed instruments from the 16th and 17th centuries, clavichords, fortepianos and square pianos popular in the late 18th century—all of which are highly appealing to music and instrument enthusiasts.

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Must-visit reason: One of Hamburg’s most notable museums

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]