The Hamburg Museum of Work is a museum in

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Barmbek Barmbek (), until 27 September 1946 ''Barmbeck'', is the name of a former village that was absorbed into the city of Hamburg, Germany. In 1951 it was divided into the quarters '' Barmbek-Süd'', '' Barmbek-Nord'' and '' Dulsberg'' in the borough ' ...

. Its major theme is changes in work and living during the last 150 years. It examines and displays the social cultural and economic effects of industrialisation. The museum is an anchor point on the

European Route of Industrial Heritage The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a tourist route of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. This is a tourism industry information initiative to present a network of industrial heritage sites across Europe. The ...

(ERIH).

History

The museum was planned in the 1970s, and a site was obtained in 1980. In 1982 it took over the buildings of the former in Barmbek, these buildings dated from 1871. It put to together a provisional display and opened that year. With a permanent workshop it was able to develop the themes and grow the collection. Construction started in 1992, and the first building, the boiler-house was inaugurated in 1994. Further conversions followed and permanent exhibition hall in the '' opened on 5 January 1997. On 1 January 2008, the management of the museum passed to the . The first director was Gernot Krankenhagen (1997–2004), followed by Lisa Kosok (2004–2008) and Kirsten Baumann (2009–2013). The current director is Rita Müller.

Exhibits

Permanent displays

;' :The collection of the original owners, the New-York Hamburger Gummi-Waaren with documents showing its history. ;' :who worked with enamel. ;The Office of a Hanseatic Trading company from the nineteenth century through to the 1950s. Outside the museum is the cutting head of tunnel boring machine, TRUDE (), used in cutting the tunnels under the Elbe.

Temporary exhibitions

* From 2010 until 2011 '' Made in Hamburg – 100 Years of

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''FAZ vom 21. * In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Elbe Tunnel, there was an exhibition '' (Tunnel: Hamburg and its underworld)'', a deliberate word play on the history, meaning, and significance of tunnel building to the city. * 2013/2014: Photo exhibition '' (

Migrant Labour A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have the intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work. Migrant workers who work outsi ...

)''. * 5 November 2015 until 3 April 2016: '' ( Forced labour). The Germans, forced labour and the war.'' File:Hamburg.Trude.wmt.jpg, Tunnel boring machine, TRUDE File:Hh-barmbek-kran.jpg, Museum crane

Subsidiary site- Hafenmuseum

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References

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