International Maritime Museum Hamburg

In the "Kaispeicher B" (quayside store B) the worldwide biggest private collection of maritime treasures found a new home.

The exhibition at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg (IMMH) focuses on new horizons, it tells the stories of discoverers and conquerors, of captains and seamen. In short, an expedition through 3,000 years of the history of humanity. On 10 stories and more  than 11,000 square metres of exhibition space, the visitors can experience shipping and marine history from 3,000 years.

Over several decades, Professor Peter Tamm senior has collected about 26,000 ship models, 50,000 construction plans, 5,000 paintings and graphics, more than 2,000 films, 1.5 million photos, 120,000 books and numerous nautical devices, historical uniforms, militaries and maritime objects.