Discover Hamburg’s industrial, technical and social history

Visitors in the Museum of Work with interesting information

Museum of work with activities for visitors

Highlights

Makes city trips carefree: your Hamburg City Pass
The admission ticket for the Museum der Arbeit is included in your City Pass
No advance booking is required for this attraction – your City Pass is your admission ticket

The Elbe tunnel boring machine TRUDE – the largest shield driving machine in the world
Exhibition "Things and documents" from everyday life in the industrial age
Information about factories and working methods in Hamburg
Tip: Make your own souvenir in the museum’s pin workshop

Explore how industrialisation changed people’s lives – and what fantastic machines humans have invented

What awaits you on site

Discover many aspects and artefacts that make industrial production tangible. Find out more about the beginnings of rubber processing, developments in the graphic arts industry and work in Hamburg’s many offices and trading houses. The museum tells of the changes in working and living conditions in the course of industrialisation. In the courtyard of the museum is the 14.2 metre high, 380 tonne cutting wheel of the Elbe tunnel borer, which was used to cut the tunnels under the Elbe. A really huge piece of engineering history. And the universal cable excavator made by Menck & Hambrock in 1937, who launched the first ever excavator on the market in 1901.

How to get there

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Address:
Museum of Work Wiesendamm 3 22305 Hamburg

Good to know

Opening hours:
Monday: 10.00 am – 9.00 pm
Tuesday closed
Wednesday – Friday: 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10.00 am – 6.00 pm
Closed: 1 January, 24, 25 and 31 December

The admission ticket for the Museum der Arbeit is included in your City Pass