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The black box with big white letters stands inconspicuously on the Altonaer balcony (in Altonaer Museum) in the beautiful harbour scenery in Hamburg. If the sun is shining – don’t be scared, just go in and close the door behind you. When you get indise it’s advisible to wait a few seconds till your eyes acclimatise to the dark. You’ll see the harbour upside down moving projected picture on a white wall. The Camera Obscura is invented in times of Renaissance also know as pinhole camera. It is a camera without a lens and a single very small aperture. The smaller the hole, the sharper the projection, an upside down and right-left reversed picture.

The Altona Museum addresses one of the largest regional museums with the art and cultural history of northern Germany and presents the cultural and historical development of the Elbe region to Altona, Schleswig Holstein and the coastal areas of North and East.

The permanent collection on display shows the main regional exhibits from the fields of painting and graphic art, crafts, culture, history, fishing and shipping. With a varied program of special exhibitions, film and lectures on topics from the 19th and 20 Century, the museum pursues the goal of the collection areas of the house not only of art and art history, but also from historical perspective to present media. With the opening of an interactive children’s department in 2006, the Altona Museum is a popular destination for families has become.

Together with the Museum of Hamburg History, the Archaeological Museum Hamburg Helms Museum and the Museum of Work and its field offices the Altona Museum is part of the Foundation Historical Museums Hamburg. Getting there: By Car – Othmarschen A7 exit towards Altona. By public transport (HVV) – S-Bahn Hamburg-Altona, then 2 minutes walk with Deutsche Bahn to station Hamburg-Altona.