The FC St. Pauli Museum

About this place

The FC St. Pauli museum is inside the Millerntor stadium itself, and the story of its founding resembles the club's: it was created not by the club's management but by a supporters' association, funded by a public donation campaign that raised over half a million euros from thousands of small contributors around the world. That explains the nature of the exhibits: not trophies and medals — the club has won little of note — but the history of a supporter culture. Banners and flags the fans made by hand, documents on campaigns against racism and fascism on the terraces, and material on the club's relationship with the St Pauli district and its social movements since the 1980s. The museum also explains how the skull and crossbones became a global commercial brand sold in countries the club has never played in, and the tension that creates with a fanbase that sees itself as anti-marketing. Its position in the stadium makes it a natural pairing with the ground tour.