Opening of the special exhibition „HAMBURG SÜD – 150 years on the world’s oceans“ on 4 November 2021 at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg, with extended opening hours

In 2019, Hamburg Süd and the IMMH agreed on a cooperation for the development and presentation of the shipping company’s historical collection. The aim of this cooperation is to make the history of Hamburg Süd, founded in 1871, accessible to a broad public as a permanent exhibition using ship models, pictures, posters and handwritten documents as well as other exhibits.

The special exhibition on the 150th anniversary of Hamburg Süd will be on display at the IMMH for ten months, until 11 September 2022. It will be accompanied by regular guided tours, for which registration is required. The exhibition will then travel to South America, where it will be on display at Hamburg Süd’s historic locations in Argentina and Brazil.

The preparatory work, which took several years, and the exhibitions in the International Maritime Museum Hamburg were made possible by a sponsorship of Dr. August Oetker KG, Bielefeld. Hamburg Süd was owned by the Oetker family for more than eight decades until its sale to the Danish Maersk Group at the end of 2017.