German-American_Heritage_Museum_of_the_USA

German-American Heritage Museum of the USA

German-American Heritage Museum of the USA

Museum in the United States

The German-American Heritage Museum of the USA, or GAHM, is located in the Penn Quarter's Hockemeyer Hall in Washington D.C., the capital of the United States of America. The GAHM is sponsored by several German and American organizations. The museum, headquarters of the German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA, traces the 400-year long history of Germans in America from 1600 to now.[1]

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History

Hockemeyer Hall

John Hockemeyer was a German man who emigrated to the United States. After the Civil War, he became a wealthy merchant and a leader among Washington D.C.'s German community. In 1888, Hockemeyer constructed a Victorian townhouse that became a local center for the city's German-American business community and a meeting place for various German clubs and organizations, some of which Hockemeyer was a member of. In October 2008, the German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA purchased this building to establish the museum.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "German-American Heritage Museum". washington.rd. City of Washington D.C.
  2. [2]
    "Hockemeyer Hall". gamust.org. German-American Heritage Foundation.
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