Private company

J.F.G. Umlauff

German trading house, dealing in specimens of natural history and ethnography (operated 1868-1974)1

JFG Umlauff was a Hamburg-based natural history specimen and ethnographic art dealing firm and museum. It was active between 1868 and 1974.2 It was founded by Johann Friedrich Gustav Umlauff.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1868Founded1
  • HeadquartersHamburg1

JFG Umlauff was a Hamburg-based natural history specimen and ethnographic art dealing firm and museum. It was active between 1868 and 1974.2

The story

Founded by Johann Friedrich Gustav Umlauff in 1868.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Former owners and parents

  • Käthe Umlauff until 1974
  • Caroline Umlauff 1868 to 1918
  • Heinrich Umlauff 1889 to 1925

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1974Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1929Acquired Acquired by Gustav Umlauff1
  3. 1889Acquired Acquired by Heinrich Umlauff1
  4. 1868Acquired Acquired by Caroline Umlauff1
  5. 1868Acquired Acquired by Johann Friedrich Gustav Umlauff1
  6. 1868Founded Founded1

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