A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Germany

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A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Hamburg

Hamburg - Museums and Art Galleries in Hamburg, including non-profit art centers and galleries, government entities, and private businesses.

NAME LOCATION TELEPHONE & WEBSITE SUMMARY
Kunsthalle Hamburg und Galerie der Gegenwart Glockengießerwall, 20095 Hamburg Telephone: +49 40428131200
www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
The Hamburg Kunsthalle is the art museum of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany. It is one of the largest museums in the country. The name 'Kunsthalle' indicates the museum's history as an 'art hall' when founded in 1850. Today, the Kunsthalle houses one of the few art collections in Germany that covers seven centuries of European art, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Kunsthalle's permanent collections focus on North German painting of the 14th century, and paintings by Dutch, Flemish and Italian artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, French and German drawings and paintings of the 19th century, and international modern and contemporary art.
Bucerius Kunst Forum Rathausmarkt 2, 20095 Hamburg Telephone: +49 403609960
www.buceriuskunstforum.de
The city of Hamburg, Germany is home to several museums, galleries, and other related cultural institutions. In 2009, 50 state and private museums, were located in Hamburg proper. This list contains the most famous or well-regarded organizations.The Bucerius Kunst Forum wants to impart art of high quality in new contexts. The exhibitions focus on one topic, epoch or artist. They are supposed to show artistic coherences, relationships between epochs and disciplines and to build bridges between ancient and modern art. The art pieces shall be viewed under a new aspect – an exhibition to the oeuvre of Henri Matisse gathered his portraits for the first time, the exhibition about Frida Kahlo devoted itself first to the connection between Mexican and European art. Thus also conoissuers are to achieve new impressions.
Deichtorhallen Haus der Photographie Deichtorstraße 1-2, 20095 Hamburg Telephone: +49 40321030
http://www.deichtorhallen.de/
The Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany, is one of Europe's largest art centers for contemporary art and photography. The two historical buildings dating from 1911–13 are iconic in style, with their open steel-and-glass structures. Their architecture creates a backdrop for spectacular major international exhibitions. Since 2011, the two buildings at the interface of Hamburg's Kunstmeile and Hafencity have been supplemented by a satellite in Hamburg's Harburg district, the Sammlung Falckenberg.
Ernst-Barlach-Haus Baron-Voght-Straße 50a, 22609 Hamburg Telephone: +49 40826085
http://www.barlach-haus.de/
The Ernst Barlach House – Hermann F. Reemtsma Foundation is an art museum in Hamburg, Germany, devoted to the Expressionist artist Ernst Barlach. The museum was founded by the industrialist Hermann F. Reemtsma, and is located in the Jenisch park in Othmarschen in the west of the city.
Jenisch-Haus Museum für Kunst und Kultur an der Elbe Baron-Voght-Straße 50, 22609 Hamburg Telephone: +49 40828790
http://www.jenisch-haus.de/
Jenisch House (Jenisch-Haus) is a country house in Hamburg built in the 19th century and an example of Hanseatic lifestyle and neoclassical architecture. As of 2008, Jenisch House is the home of the Museum für Kunst und Kultur an der Elbe. It is located within the Jenisch park in the Othmarschen quarter.
Johannes Brahms Museum Peterstraße 39, 20355 Hamburg Telephone: +49 4041913086
http://brahms-hamburg.de/
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. His reputation and status as a composer is such that he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs" of music, a comment originally made by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow.
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg Steintorpl., 20099 Hamburg Telephone: +49 40428134880
http://www.mkg-hamburg.de/
With approximately 500,000 objects from 4,000 years of human history the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG) is one of the most influential museums for arts and crafts in Europe. Opened in 1877, the MKG tells the remarkable story of human creativity. The top-class collections range from Ancient art to Contemporary art and include the European, Islamic and East Asian cultural regions.