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| Established | 1971 |
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| Location | Peterstraße 39, Hamburg-Neustadt |
| Coordinates | 53°33′4.46″N9°58′36.73″E / 53.5512389°N 9.9768694°E Coordinates: 53°33′4.46″N9°58′36.73″E / 53.5512389°N 9.9768694°E |
| Type | biographical museum |
| Collections | about Johannes Brahms |
| Curator | Alexander Odefey |
| Website | www |
The Brahms Museum is a museum in the Composers Quarter in Hamburg-Neustadt, Germany. It is dedicated to the classical composer Johannes Brahms. [1]
The museum was founded in 1971 and is situated on two stories of an historical building in the Peterstraße, near to where Brahms was born. A section of the collection deals with the first three decades of his life in Hamburg. [2] One can see the table piano of Baumgardten & Heins from circa 1860 on which Brahms gave piano lessons. Several utensils from his life are shown, as well as artworks, several busts and an extensive collection of photographs. [1]
There is a library with more than 300 books, the complete edition of Brahms of the publisher G. Henle Verlag, audio recordings, a number replicas of music notations, letters, concert programs, and other documents. [1]
The Lichtwark-Saal of the Carl Toepfer Foundation, a location near to the museum, is a place for temporary Brahms exhibitions, lectures and concerts. [1] Regularly there are walking tours through Hamburg along historical places out of the life of Brahms. [3]
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