page_title: Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Peter Tamm 2008 in der Uniform des Ehrenkapitäns der Stiftung Rickmer Rickmers, fotografiert anlässlich der Ernennung Uwe Seelers zum 16. Ehrenkapitän
context_page_description: The Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg is a private museum in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany. The museum houses Peter Tamm's collection of model ships, construction plans, uniforms, and maritime art, amounting to over 40,000 items and more than one million photographs. It opened in a former warehouse in 2008.
context_section_description: The private collection was started in 1934 by Peter Tamm—former chairman of the board of the Axel Springer AG—when Tamm was six years old. As Tamm retold the history, the initial event was when his mother presented him his first model ship. Prior to the opening in the HafenCity, the collection was called "Wissenschaftliches Institut für Schifffahrts- und Marinegeschichte" (Academic Institute of Shipping and Naval History) and located in a mansion at the Elbchaussee street and only open by appointment. In 2004 the Hamburg Parliament approved a grant for a new museum in the HafenCity quarter unanimously, with an abstention from voting by the GAL party parliamentary group. On 25 June 2008, the museum was opened by the German president Horst Köhler.
caption: Peter Tamm
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