Museum am Rothenbaum MARKK

Until 1957, it was also responsible for the preservation of archaeological monuments and archaeological finds on Hamburg city territory, but handed these over to the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte (Museum of Hamburg History) - the amount of finds had simply become too large, not least due to the devastation caused by the "Hamburg Firestorm".

Seven collections in one house

The MARKK currently oversees seven large collections, most of which are sorted by continent: Europe, Africa, America, Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand), and "Asia" - the latter admittedly excluding Japan and the Near and Middle East: both the Land of the Rising Sun and the Orient are represented by their own respective collections. Within the seven collections, individual countries, peoples and cultures also come into their own. This permanent exhibition is flanked by constantly changing special exhibitions on special themes.

Celebrating festivals as they fall

Most visitors are attracted to the Rothenbaum because of the annual cultural festivals: the Latin America Festival is just as much a part of this as the Mexican Festival of the Dead, Santa Lucia from Sweden or the Chinese New Year. Festivals should be celebrated as they fall - because love of foreign cultures also goes through the stomach.