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Johannes Brahms Museum Hamburg

Peterstraße 39
20355 Hamburg

Telefon +49.40.452158 · +49.171.1236880

Web: www.brahms-hamburg.de
E-Mail: info@brahms-hamburg.de

Opening hours

Tuesday and Thursday:
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

every 1st  Sunday in the month:
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
(June to September also every 3rd Sunday)

Groups by appointment

 

Since 1971 the Johannes Brahms Museum is located in the New Town of Hamburg in an historical building dating from 1751 – not far from Speckstrasse, where the birthplace of the composer and honorary citizen of Hamburg stood, which was destroyed in the war in 1943. It is supervised by the Johannes Brahms Society, which was founded in 1969.

On two stories in its rooms, which are made available by the Carl Toepfer Foundation, the museum houses comprehensive photo documentation, a facsimile edition of Brahms's handwritten musical scores and letters, some of his personal articles of daily use, busts of the composer and his reference library with over 300 books and the volumes of the new complete edition of Brahms published by the G. Henle Publishing House, also a virginal from the year 1848, as well as a sound recording collection of all of Brahms's works.

Special exhibitions as well as concert and lecture events in the Lichtwark Hall of the Carl Toepfer Foundation situated a few steps away broaden the program of the museum.

Germany possesses musical traditions and legacies of extraordinary value: Handel, Schuetz and Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner - to mention only a few names - are composers who are known and treasured throughout the world. Their work has played a significant role in shaping a unique musical landscape.

Numerous orchestras, choruses, ensembles, renowned music festivals and series, music houses with museums, public archives and libraries, but also private collections preserve their musical heritage.

It is necessary to revitalize this inestimable fund again and again and to develop it for the present. At the same time, an important role befits the houses combined in the consortium of music museums of Germany. In them we encounter the work of the musicians and composers who have extraordinarily enriched the cultural nation of Germany. However, beyond the individual portrait, beyond the procurement of individual oeuvres, the music museums also contribute overall to the maintenance of musical tradition. The present brochure underscores this aspect of the synoptic presentation and invites the reader on a journey into the musical history of Germany. I hope this tour guide will be actively used and receive a large response.

Bernd Neumann, Member of the Lower House of the German Parliament
Minister of State with the Federal Chancellor
Commissioner of the Federal Government for Culture and Media

Quoted from: Foreword to the brochure "Music Museums in Germany", 2007.