Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg

Harbored in a heritage-listed and preserved warehouse, the ten-story International Maritime Museum is home to artifacts tracing more than 3,000 years of maritime history. The museum began as the private collection of nautical enthusiast Peter Tamm and it has grown to become the largest private collection of its kind. Exhibits span man's nautical history, from dugout canoes and Viking dragon boats to windjammers.