Automuseum PROTOTYP

Experience the fascination of automobiles in the AUTOMUSEUM PROTOTYP: rare sports and racing cars from the early post-war period and modern times can be admired barrier-free. The presentation of the fascinating and usually very rare exhibits does without annoying barriers and separating glass walls, so that visitors can view the vehicles from all perspectives and take exceptionally beautiful photos. This museum is different and therefore itself a kind of prototype. The aim is to convey a passion for beautiful design and powerful engines. Representatives of the newer generation can also be admired, such as Michael Schumacher’s and Sebastian Vettel’s first “company car”. Anyone who wants to feel like a racing driver for a few minutes simply gets into the Porsche driving simulator and selects one of the international race tracks on the display. On three floors (around 2,500 m²) there is also a glass workshop, a small cinema, a library, an audio box with individually selectable engine sounds of the best-known sports and racing cars. The adjacent museum café “Erlkönig” and the museum shop invite you to a relaxed “pit stop”. The impressive red brick building, which was erected between 1902 and 1906, has been a listed building since 2005 and has been the seat of the prototype car museum since April 2008. Under the direction of the museum founders Thomas König and Oliver Schmidt, the building was carefully modernised and, with the stylish material repetition of the historic cast iron elements in the interior and in the design of the entrance area, forms a striking solitaire in HafenCity. A visit to the automobile museum is not only a rewarding destination for technology enthusiasts, but also for anyone who enjoys the intelligent implementation of performance and attractive design.