Harrys Hamburger Hafenbasar, Maritime museum in HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany

Harrys Hamburger Hafenbasar is a museum and rarity shop housed in the hull of the floating crane Greif at Ponton 2 on the Sandtorkai in Hamburg's HafenCity. Its roughly 150,000 objects are arranged in 33 themed chambers, and the shop sells items from the collection.

Harry Rosenberg, a former sailor, opened a stamp and coin shop on St. Pauli in 1952, decorated with sailor souvenirs and exotic items from Käptn Haase's museum tavern. In 1954 he began buying, displaying and selling exotica as Harrys Hamburger Hafenbasar, charging admission like Haase. After moves in 1996, 1999 and 2001, the collection of nearly 150,000 objects opened at Sandtorkai in HafenCity in 2013.

The collection shows objects from Africa, Asia, and South America gathered over many decades. These items reflect the trade routes and connections created through shipping and seafaring.

The museum sits in HafenCity and is quite compact, so you can see everything in a couple of hours. The rooms are narrow but clearly marked, making it easy to find your way around.

The museum's name comes from its original role as a 'harbor bazaar' where sailors traded curiosities. Harry Rosenberg, a former seaman, founded it in 1952 as a stamp and coin shop, but customers were more interested in the exotic objects he displayed, so he turned the shop into a museum-cum-shop in 1954. The collection moved several times, and since 2013 it has been housed in the hull of the floating crane Greif at Sandtorkai in HafenCity.