The Museum of Art and Crafts has a rich collection of ancient material art items throughout Germany. In the museum you can see works of European, German and Asian art and work in the Art Nouveau style. Today it is a universal museum, representing more than 500 thousand exhibits that demonstrate human creativity and ingenuity at their best.

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The museum contains a variety of everyday objects from Europe and Asia, covering the period from gray antiquity to the present day. Very interesting are the halls dedicated to such trends in art as: Expressionism, Bauhaus, Art Deco and the 30's. 20th century

About a grandiose scale of the museum is evidenced by at least a collection of fashion and textiles - the oldest specimens were extracted from ancient Egyptian tombs, followed by silks and embroideries from the early Middle Ages to the 19th century, Flemish and Italian laces, tapestries of French and Belgian manufactories 16 in ., and the modern fashion is represented by the costumes and accessories of the legendary designers of our day, for example, Yves Saint Laurent and Issea Miyaki.

On the first floor are exhibited works of medieval art, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo and Classicism. The departments of art of Islam, the Far Eastern states, antiquity (Etruscan statue, Greek ceramics), modernity and modernity are on the second floor. The main decoration of the wide collection of Art Nouveau is the "Paris Room": a large living room, completely decorated in the style of 1900.

Architecture

The Museum of Art and Crafts is located in the beautiful historical building of Hamburg, which has its own style of mature classic, similar in character on an elegant palace building. The three-story building was created in light shades of yellow with contrasting white frescoes and windows with arches. One of the most interesting museums in Hamburg - the Museum of Arts and Crafts - is rightfully considered one of the best in Europe and has one of the most significant collections in Germany

The Museum of Arts and Crafts is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 11:00 to 18:00, and on Thursdays it is open from 11:00 to 21:00.

Ticket price: adult - 8 EUR , children and adolescents under the age of 18 are free of charge

Go to the museum by metro with all lines to the stop "Hauptba . Hof-Sud »(Hauptbahnhof Süd) or" Hauptbahnhof Nord »(Hauptbahnhof Nord)

Address: Hamburg, Steintorplatz, tel .: 49 (40) 428-134-880

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