Panoptikum Hamburg Ticket
Description
Experience the fascination between wax and reality and explore Germany’s oldest wax figure exhibition. Discover over 120 famous personalities from history, culture, politics and show business.
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Skip-the-lines in front of the museum and be amazed by the works of art. See wax figures from showbiz, culture, politics and history during your visit to Hamburg's Panoptikum. Bring your camera and have your picture taken with actress Angelina Jolie, German chancellor Angela Merkel or empress Sisi as you explore the wax museum's grounds. The Panoptikum is the oldest wax museum in Germany, looking back on more than 130 years of history displaying historical wax figures, artists and politicians, waxworks of celebrities and megastars as well as athletes and popular contemporaries. Providing great entertainment for young and old, the waxworks at the Panoptikum are upheld with devotion and care. A visit to the museum takes on average around 45 minutes up an hour -- guests are welcome to stay as long as they wish to explore the waxworks. A audio-guide is available in English and German, providing background information, music and anecdotes about the lifelike wax figures you walk past. A visit of the Panoptikum is suitable for all ages and very recommendable for children.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Your tickets will be held at the museums box office for collection on the day of your visit. Before you enter the museum please go to the box office.
- The Panoptikum can be visited at the selected date during the following opening hours: Monday-Friday from 10am-8pm, Saturdays from 10am to 10pm, Sundays from 10am-8pm
- Audio guide available in German and English
Reviews(64)
Great family owned waxworks,some good life like models
We were in Hamburg for a concert. During our bus tour and visit of the Reeperbahn we were in the Panoptikum. So the visit was planned and the visit was worth every penny! Modern - nostalgic - worth seeing!
Vielen Dank für den Besuch und das positive Feedback, wir freuen uns sehr, dass es Ihnen so gut bei uns gefallen hat!
Small but fine. Nicely portrayed.
Vielen, vielen Dank für Ihre positive Bewertung und Ihren Besuch, wir haben uns über beides sehr gefreut.
We stayed as a family (4 adults) at short notice on December 25 at the Panopticikum. The online ticket booking was absolutely problem-free, the payment methods sufficient (especially also options without using PayPal). After arriving in Hamburg, the location was quite easy to find and we were looking forward to our first visit to a waxworks cabinet. Unfortunately, the audio guides, which can be rented free of charge on site, had been affected by technical problems and some explanatory texts stopped after just a few minutes. With the audio guide on the mobile phone (QR code) it worked absolutely flawlessly. We all thought the figures were quite well met, but would have been happy (to remember more compliant) presentation. Nevertheless, the price of admission is reasonable in relation to the cost of the exhibition and production of the figures. With children, I rather do not recommend the exhibition, as I think it is designed for adult and adolescent visitors. You should plan the duration of the visit with about 1.5 to 2 hours.
Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch im Panoptikum und Ihre Bewertung hier bei Google. Wir freuen uns, dass Ihnen Ihr Besuch im Panoptikum gefallen hat! Wir entschuldigen uns in aller Form für die technischen Probleme mit dem klassischen Audioguide, diese wurden nach wenigen Tagen behoben, sodass Sie leider gerade im Zeitraum der Schwierigkeiten bei uns waren. Schön, dass wir mit dem Audioguide für das eigene Smartphone eine Alternative bieten konnten, die funktionierte und Ihnen gefallen hat. Auch wir sind der Meinung, dass in der langen, fast 150-jährigen Geschichte unseres Familienunternehmens einige Figuren hergestellt wurden, die nicht den heutigen Qualitätsstandards entsprechen. Daher werden diese älteren Figuren, die vornehmlich in den 1960er, 1970er und 1980er Jahren hergestellt wurden, stetig durch neue Wachsfiguren ersetzt. Wir sind aber der Meinung, dass unsere neueren Wachsfiguren durchaus dem Qualitätsstandard anderer Wachsfigurenkabinette entsprechen und sich mit diesen Messen können. Für Kinder ab sechs Jahren bieten wir spezielle und kostenfreie Quizhefte an, sodass auch jüngere Besucher von einem Besuch bei uns profitieren. Vielen Dank noch einmal für Ihr ausführliches Review und Ihren Besuch, Dr. Susanne Faerber
The panoptic is really fun and is really recommended! It is suitable for every age group and definitely worth the visit.
Vielen, vielen Dank für Ihre positive Bewertung und Ihren Besuch, wir haben uns über beides sehr gefreut.
Really fun experience! The museum is very small and most of the wax figures are for the older side, which resulted in them not being very good- but this made it very much fun! A place to see if you want a good laugher. The staff was very, very good, but an experience that takes about 30 minutes for us.
Thank you for your visit and your review. We are happy, that you had a fun time at our venue. You're right that we show in our exhibition also some waxworks which are not as good as others in our exhibition. In the 1960s and 1970s we had sculptors who produced wax figures which don't fulfill our today’s' quality standards. Due to this reason we replace this waxworks gradually by new ones with a high quality and likeliness. We would also like to have a larger exhibition space. Unfortunately, the statics of the building does not allow an increase of exhibition space, therefore, it is currently not possible to increase the number of square meters. The possibility to move to a larger premises is not possible, since the Panoptikum has been located at the same place since its foundation and the current building was designed by the third generation of the Panoptikum, so that we want to preserve the tradition of our company by staying in this building, even if it is not ideal for the exhibition.
Cancellation through this provider is not possible. Will buy tickets directly from the attraction in the future. The Panoptikom is small but nice and is a nice excursion.
Vielen Dank für Ihre positive Bewertung und Ihren Besuch bei uns. Wir bedauern, dass es Probleme mit der Buchung über viator gab, diese können wir leider nicht beeinflussen und freuen uns, wenn Sie nächstes Mal direkt bei uns buchen.
Price okay. But we were outside again after about 30min. Some figures are very old, some do not correspond to the "original people" and already look different. We were a little disappointed. Staff were very friendly.
Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch im Panoptikum und Ihre Bewertung. Es tut uns leid, dass wir Ihre Erwartungen nicht erfüllen konnten. Auch wir sind der Meinung, dass in der langen, über 145-jährigen Geschichte unseres Familienunternehmens einige Figuren hergestellt wurden, die nicht den heutigen Qualitätsstandards entsprechen. Daher werden diese älteren Figuren, die vornehmlich in den 1960er, 1970er und 1980er Jahren hergestellt wurden, stetig durch neue Wachsfiguren ersetzt. Wir sind aber der Meinung, dass unsere neueren Wachsfiguren durchaus dem Qualitätsstandard anderer Wachsfigurenkabinette entsprechen und sich mit diesen Messen können. Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch, Panoptikum - Das Wachsfigurenkabinett
We had a super good experience! It was interesting and intelligent - not least the detail with Prs. Obama’s position relative to Trump 😉 Very friendly staff and management. We felt really comfortable and can only recommend a visit.
Hamburg is quite nice in the city centre, but only one of many big cities. The railway station region is disgusting. Speicherstadt and Hafen are interesting.
