Ships open daily from March 15 to October 31 from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

 

Outlook: "Ship Realms – The Ocean and Us"

Opening hours: daily 10 am to 6 pm, Ships daily 10 AM till 5.45 PM +++ special opening hours in June 2025 +++
10 euros, reduced 5 euros, children up to and including 18 years free

 

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Bremen cog from 1380 and the Hanseatic period

Opening hours: daily 10 am to 6 pm, Ships daily 10 AM till 5.45 PM +++ special opening hours in June 2025 +++
Admission: 10 euro, reduced 5 Euro, Children up to 18 years free

Podcast about the cog

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Gaining Ground

new special exhibition

 

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Cog-Hall and Bangert Building can be visited. Plan your visit

Museum opening hours: daily 10 am - 6 pm, boats: daily 10 am - 5.45 pm  +++ please note the special opening hours in June 2025 +++

Museum price: 10 euros, reduced 5 euros, free for all under 18s, guided tours included in the admission price

Ships in the museum harbor: free admission

 

 

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NEW: Free admission for everyone up to 18.

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News from the museum

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New special Expedition from August, 8

Stuck in Mobility

Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the special exhibition sheds light on the experiences of seafarers and refugees during this time.

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Fellowship in California

From the North Sea to the Pacific

Dr. Katrin Kleemann was awarded the prestigious Ritter Memorial Fellowship and spent a month conducting research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego.

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New research project

Mayday! - When ships fail

The project “Disasters at sea and the maritime culture of remembrance in the 20th and 21st centuries” examines how shipping disasters influence people's view of the sea and what role the memory of these events plays in this.

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British podcast about the cog

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.

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OSIRIS application to pave the way for joint collection

With OSIRIS to the joint collection

OSIRIS is a consortium and collaboration project involving (currently) 17 host and additional partner institutions, working together to establish the first global foundation for an integrated, interdisciplinary infrastructure for collections, information, and research.

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DSM turns 50

Free admission for everyone up to 18 in the anniversary year

New: In the anniversary year, children and young people can now enjoy free admission to the museum.

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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

 

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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

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