Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe is Hamburg's museum of applied art and design, founded in 1874 to raise the standard of craft and industry. Its wide-ranging collections span ancient art, medieval treasures, East Asian ceramics, Art Nouveau interiors, historic keyboard instruments, and modern graphic and industrial design. A restored Jugendstil salon and reconstructed period rooms illustrate the decorative arts across the centuries. Housed near the main station, it offers a broad survey of European and world craftsmanship.