Emigration Museum BallinStadt, Hamburg Photos

Emigration Museum BallinStadt is housed in a former Emigration Hall where emigrants were given food, lodging, information and medical care as they waited to board ships carrying them to a new life in the Americas. Using displays, historical documents and exhibits the museum provides insight about why emigrants chose to leave their homelands, and their life while awaiting departure at an Emigration Hall. Visitors are given computer access to search for the names of ancestors on ship manifests.

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Emigration Museum BallinStadt building part of an emigration station from 1850 until early 1930's for those waiting to depart to the Americas. Hamburg, Germany.Row of buildings including dormitories, living areas, dining rooms, church, synagogue, a music venue and a medical center at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Row of buildings at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Display about children at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Emigration Museum BallinStadt building (1901) part of an emigration station from 1850 until early 1930's for those waiting to depart to the Americas. Hamburg, Germany.Row of buildings including dormitories, living areas, dining rooms, church, synagogue, a music venue and a medical center at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Row of buildings at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Display about children at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Luggage & luggage cart like those used by emigrants at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Luggage like that used by emigrants at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Luggage like that used by emigrants at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Gallery at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Luggage & luggage cart like those used by emigrants at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Luggage like that used by emigrants at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Luggage like that used by emigrants at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Gallery at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Posters for passenger ships sailing to America at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Posters for sailing ships traveling to the U.S., Cuba & Mexico at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Illustration of Jewish immigrants being met by family at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Weigh scale & shipments taken on shipboard at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Posters (early 20thC) for passenger ships sailing to America at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Posters (early 20thC) for sailing ships traveling to the U.S., Cuba & Mexico at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Illustration of Jewish immigrants being met by family at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Weigh scale & shipments taken on shipboard at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Model of luggage to be taken on board at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Model of gangway to passenger ship with question "What do we take with us?" at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Ship postcards at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Ship postcards at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Model of luggage to be taken on board at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Model of gangway to passenger ship with question "What do we take with us?" at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Ship postcards at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Ship postcards at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Nautical items of era at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Menu, tea cup & plate from passenger ship at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Rough communal sleeping & living quarters for below deck passengers at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Comfortable living quarters for Second Class passengers at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Nautical items of era (early 20thC) at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Menu, tea cup & plate from passenger ship at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Rough communal sleeping & living quarters (c1870) for below deck passengers at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Comfortable living quarters for Second Class passengers at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Comfortable living quarters for Second Class passengers at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Interior structure & displays at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Booklets to entice emigrants to Canadian prairies at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Informational booklets for German emigrants at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Comfortable living quarters for Second Class passengers at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Interior structure & displays at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Booklets to entice emigrants to Canadian prairies at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Informational booklets for German emigrants at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.
Letter of regret from Railroad & Steamship Agent at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Representation of dormitory used before sailing at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.

Letter (1899) of regret from Railroad & Steamship Agent at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.Representation of dormitory used before sailing at Emigration Museum BallinStadt. Hamburg, Germany.

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