Outlook: "Ship Realms – The Ocean and Us"
Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Also open on Tuesdays during school holidays in Lower Saxony and Bremen, as well as for school groups and guided tours by appointment.
The ships in the museum harbor will reopen after the winter break on March 14, 2026.
10 euros, reduced 5 euros, children up to and including 18 years free
Cog-Hall and Bangert Building can be visited. Plan your visit
Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Also open on Tuesdays during school holidays in Lower Saxony and Bremen, as well as for school groups and guided tours by appointment.
The ships in the museum harbor will reopen after the winter break on March 14, 2026.
Museum price: 10 euros, reduced 5 euros, free for all under 18s, guided tours included in the admission price
Free admission for everyone up to and including 18 years of age
News from the museum
-Myths, Monsters, and Maritime Maps
The German Maritime Museum is launching a new digital format that will reveal hidden treasures from the archives. Discover historical maps digitally.
Diving digitally with U16
The DSM is closely following the salvage of submarine U16 and is now bringing a piece of the submarine to Bremerhaven—thanks to the museum's digitization department.
Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800
From November 10 to March 30, 2026, DSM historian Dr Lucas Haasis and a colleague from the Prize Papers Archive will present insights into life aboard famous ships using exciting sources every Monday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Nils Theinert has defended his doctoral thesis
Congratulations! Our submarine researcher Nils Theinert has successfully defended his dissertation on the subject of submarines.
Kick-off for the NaSchiff research project
Making museum ships fit for the future? This is the idea behind the new “NaSchiff” cooperation project between the DSM and the Leibniz Institute for Materials-Oriented Technologies at the University of Bremen. The first work has now been carried out on board the RAU IX.
DSM researcher in Cambridge
Mohammad Abu Al Hasan received the Cambridge Leibniz Museum Fellowship and was given permission to examine sources on the history of Antarctica at the Polar Museum.
From treasure to database: Successful cooperation between two museums in Bremerhaven
The German Research Foundation is supporting the cataloguing of the numismatic collections of the DSM and the Historical Museum Bremerhaven (HMB) with €243,000.
Dr. Frederic Theis in conversation
The award-winning historian, archaeologist and filmmaker Dr. Sam Willis came all the way from Great Britain to interview Dr. Frederic Theis. Topic: The Bremen cog.
Our research
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The German Maritime Museum is one of eight Leibniz research museums in Germany. Our researchers explain and research shipping and make the relationship between man and the sea understandable
All research projects at a glance
DSM-Star von 1380
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The cog is the centrepiece of the museum. Behind the wreck, which is more than 600 years old, lies a research thriller: discovered by chance in 1962 in the mud of the Weser, the complex salvage took three years. Afterwards, a team of restorers assembled the 2000 individual parts. To prevent the brittle oak wood from shrinking, the wreck floated in a tank filled with preservative for 18 years; in 1999 the liquid was drained and the construction removed. The cog remains an exciting object of research for scientists from all over the world and is considered the best-preserved trading ship of the Middle Ages