The BallinStadt Hamburg Emigration Museum ...
... is a successful combination of museum and adventure world with the topic of migration.
... includes an interactive exhibition in an impressive setting.
... shows a lot of information about immigration and emigration and historical memories.
... has a station for free genealogy research in an international database (cooperation with "Ancestry").
... is for the whole family.
... offers the interactive game SIMMIGRANT in which children between 9 and 14 years can go on an interactive journey of discovery and re-enact a personal "emigration".
... has the museum rat Jette, which leads through the hands-on museum, for smaller children.
Posted By : 984hinrichv
A very informative exhibition about BallinStadt itself and the topic of emigration in general. Attractively designed and with the right balance of background information and illustrations.
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Posted On : 2024-05-27 05:52:37 
Posted By : Daniel G
Well laid out museum, full of lots to look at and to read. Tons to learn about the emigration from eastern Europe, through this site in Hamburg, to the U.S. As a Jew and son of an immigrant from eastern Europe, I found the Jewish angles fascinating: the Jewish director of the shipping company (Mr. Ballin), as well as the large percentage of the immigrants who were Jewish. Highly recommended!
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Posted On : 2024-05-07 05:57:33
Posted By : SuzyKBerlin
Actually an exciting topic in an exciting location, namely the original buildings of the former emigrant house.
Unfortunately, the staff are very bored and the exhibition is very poorly prepared. The audio guide is spoken in machine language and simply repeats what you can read on the display boards.
If you have the opportunity, visit the emigrant house in Bremerhaven instead! A much more exciting and interesting house!
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Posted On : 2024-03-10 05:38:59
Posted By : Knut H
The exhibition has been beautifully extended to the present day. The various reasons for emigration and migration are beautifully presented and explained here. You need plenty of time to see or hear everything in detail. It is great fun to see all the details. You can enter genealogical data into the computers to find out who in the family emigrated when and where. Even the ship is mentioned. The entrance fee is worth every cent
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Posted On : 2024-02-24 11:12:29
Posted By : aliciakK597JI
Good museum, but there is room for improvement. Unfortunately it was a bit confusing. Perhaps put up large signs with sections for a better overview. More interactive stations would make it even more interesting. But otherwise well done!
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Posted On : 2024-02-14 13:41:29
Posted By : S4082IFchristinao
I was here a few years ago and I thought the museum was great back then. So I went back to BallinStadt with friends and was very disappointed. Far too much text, no common thread through the exhibition, the houses. Back then the exhibition was much more interactive, now you don't even know where to start and how to process the mass of text. Unfortunately not suitable for small children. What a pity.
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Posted On : 2023-10-30 12:16:01
Posted By : LLP1
It is wonderful that this emigration station has been preserved and houses related exhibits.
Like other emigration museums, this one provides the historical context of emigration/migration as a normal human phenomenon. However, I would like to have seen more context about earlier periods of travel from the port of Hamburg and not just that limited to this station. I would also have appreciated some kind of orientation to where the older stations stood on the river.
While I appreciate the museum's attempt to provide an audio guide, I have to say that it provided limited help. Germany is visited by many international visitors and in keeping with that fact, the museum should embark on a plan to meet the needs of these patrons as well as the local community and provide full translations of all exhibits. I am giving the museum a rating of "3" but would have gladly given a higher rating had I been able to access the exhibits more fully.
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Posted On : 2023-10-12 19:41:51
Posted By : U5648ARdavidp
If you don´t read German fluently DON¨T GO.
No proper cover in other languages which for an Emigration museum seems ironic.
To call it an Emigration Museum is overstating what is on display as 90% of museum is dedicated to covering Hamburg to Ellis Island route. Maybe Hamburg-USA emigration museum?
I tried to leave my comments at reception/ visitor´s book but was asked to write a Google review.
Good Museum in some ways but very disappointing in others.
Overpriced.
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Posted On : 2023-09-12 10:31:46
Posted By : juliarT4264XA
A very, very great and exciting museum, very approachable and inviting thanks to the many quotes and reports. Also aesthetically very, very appealing and designed with a lot of attention to detail, without being overloaded.
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Posted On : 2023-09-11 02:20:25
Posted By : 512sigridk
We visited the special exhibition 50 years of Sesame Street. An interesting trip into the past. The development over the decades was also very informative. I particularly liked the film clips with the German artists: Hubert Grönemeyer, Jan Delay, Reinhard May etc. I just wish that film sets etc. could be exhibited. And: price-performance ratio is right. An hour's visit is enough.
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Posted On : 2023-09-03 15:53:42
