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-23.03.2023
Looking in from the Edge
How far did the trade relations of Bremen and Hamburg merchants extend into the North Atlantic region? read more
13.03.2023
Successful autodidact with a passion for seafaring: The DSM mourns the death of Arnold Kludas
The German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute of Maritime History mourns the death of its first library director Arnold Kludas, who passed away on February 25 at the age of 93. read more
05.01.2023
A window into the history of marine research expeditions
A window into the history of marine research expeditions read more
02.01.2023
Treasures from the depot: DSM shows Object of the Month
In the new "Archive of the Month" series, employees regularly present a special treasure from the archive. read more
28.12.2022
DSM mourns the death of founding director Prof. Dr. Detlev Ellmers
The German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute of Maritime History mourns the loss of its founding director Prof. Dr. Detlev Ellmers, who passed away on December 23, 2022 at the age of 84. read more
22.11.2022
International Volunteer Day on December 5: Volunteers take care of signal weapon collection
Bernd Vogel and Bernd Kabelitz take care of the signal weapon collection. read more
07.10.2022
Surveying the cog: How the medieval merchant ship is being studied
Surveying the cog: How the medieval merchant ship is being studied read more
29.09.2022
Interactive shipyard model brings modern shipbuilding to life
Experience shipbuilding 4.0 in the interactive shipyard. read more
13.09.2022
60 Years of the Cog Find: An Excavator Unlocks Hanseatic History
60 Years of the Cog Find: An Excavator Unlocks Hanseatic History read more
01.08.2022
Seaman’s Gear Hackathon: Bringing historical exhibits to life digitally
Seaman’s Gear Hackathon: Bringing historical exhibits to life digitally read more
29.07.2022
Media scientist at the museum: DSM strengthens digital activities with new professorship
Media scientist at the museum: DSM strengthens digital activities with new professorship read more
28.07.2022
Maritime Days with Elvis songs, SEEFALKE captain and radio operator event
Maritime Days with Elvis songs, SEEFALKE captain and radio operator event read more
02.06.2022
LISTENING TO DATA - How the environment gets into the computer
LISTENING TO DATA - How the environment gets into the computer read more
13.04.2022
Seafaring book of the TITANIC steward exhibited in the German Maritime Museum
Seafaring book of the TITANIC steward exhibited in the German Maritime Museum read more
04.04.2022
Provenance Research Day on April 13: On the Trail of Missing Instruments
Provenance Research Day on April 13: On the Trail of Missing Instruments read more
18.03.2022
Digital on board: live demonstration of 3D acquisition of museum objects
Digital on board: live demonstration of 3D acquisition of museum objects read more
24.02.2022
Triple exhibition launch at the German Maritime Museum
Triple exhibition launch at the German Maritime Museum read more
24.02.2022
KARTEN WISSEN MEER - Globalization from the water: Insights into the measurement of the oceans
KARTEN WISSEN MEER - Globalization from the water: Insights into the measurement of the oceans read more
24.02.2022
INTO THE ICE - The MOSAiC expedition in pictures: Ice Journey to an Unknown World
INTO THE ICE - The MOSAiC expedition in pictures: Ice Journey to an Unknown World read more
15.02.2022
New project relies on citizen participation: Schau mir in die Karten
New project relies on citizen participation: Schau mir in die Karten read more
11.02.2022
Prof. Dr. Ruth Schilling is the new Managing Director of the German Maritime Museum
22.11.2021
"Literature Meets Science": Exciting Encounters at the German Maritime Museum
"Literature Meets Science": Exciting Encounters at the German Maritime Museum read more
23.08.2021
Special tours of old and new architecture on "Open Monument Day"
Special tours of old and new architecture on "Open Monument Day" read more
23.08.2021
Program into the night for the "Long Night of Culture"
Program into the night for the "Long Night of Culture" read more
23.08.2021
FSJler produces podcast series for German Maritime Museum
FSJler produces podcast series for German Maritime Museum read more
05.08.2021
Securing the maritime document treasure for the future: German Maritime Museum receives special funding from Berlin
Securing the maritime document treasure for the future: German Maritime Museum receives special funding from Berlin read more
05.08.2021
German Maritime Museum special promotions during the Maritime Days
German Maritime Museum special promotions during the Maritime Days read more
29.07.2021
On board a research vessel in the footsteps of the famous grandfather
On board a research vessel in the footsteps of the famous grandfather read more
22.07.2021
Wolf-Dieter Hoheisel, long-time director of the German Maritime Museum, has passed away
Wolf-Dieter Hoheisel, long-time director of the German Maritime Museum, has passed away. read more
20.07.2021
German Maritime Museum donates play sailboat to elementary school
German Maritime Museum donates play sailboat to elementary school read more
29.06.2021
Tableware at sea - Imperial breakfast service as a 3D model
The German Maritime Museum (DSM) / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History is making historical table services from cruise ships and the Imperial Yacht HOHENZOLLERN available to the general public. read more
31.05.2021
Pioneers in museum digitization
With it´s digitization team, the German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History is looking for answers to questions that many museums are asking themselves. read more
06.05.2021
Open-Air Exhibition "Seeing the Other? The Colonialist Gaze"
The open-air exhibition, "Seeing the Other? The Colonialist Gaze", can be visited 24/7 in the rotunda of the Museumshafen from Sunday, 18 April until Sunday, 31 October 2021. read more
30.04.2021
Marine animals and ship models from Stralsund move to Bremerhaven
Model ships, measuring instruments and maritime animal exhibits from the Meeresmuseum Stralsund find a new home in the DSM. read more
15.04.2021
When Prince Philip visited the German Maritime Museum
When Prince Philip visited the German Maritime Museum read more
11.04.2021
Sunken ammunition: danger with long-term effects
After a four-day voyage, the research vessel HEINCKE is back in Bremerhaven. read more
31.03.2021
Maritime materials in museums make it possible to experience
The joint project "Digital Materialities. Virtual and Analogue Forms of Exhibition" is looking for new exhibition and mediation formats for digital exhibits. read more
19.03.2021
Digital Exhibition Opening: Intoxicants in Port Cities in 17th-19th Century Europe
The exhibition "Cocoa, Coffee, Tobacco - Intoxicants in the Past" celebrates a digital opening on YouTube and Facebook on Saturday, 3 April, from 11.30 am. read more
12.03.2021
The cog can be visited again
From Monday, 15 March, the German Maritime Museum (DSM) / Leibniz Institute of Maritime History will reopen parts of the house. read more
02.03.2021
DSM researches the colonial history of North German Lloyd
As one of the largest shipping companies in the German Empire, Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) plays an important role in the exhibition and research program of the DSM. read more
23.02.2021
Digital curator: From Antiquity into the Future
As a digital curator, Isabella Hodgson builds bridges from the analogue to the digital, as an archaeologist from antiquity to the present. read more
26.01.2021
Research depot is about to be occupied
The depot will soon be home to 380,000 archival records and 60,000 museum objects. read more
26.01.2021
Man and the Sea: DSM plans new special exhibitions for 2021
Despite the renovation phase and the Corona crisis, the DSM was able to maintain its visitor numbers at an upper five-figure level last year. read more
21.01.2021
Result for 2020: DSM records increase in visitors between lockdowns
Despite the renovation phase and the Corona crisis, the DSM was able to maintain its visitor numbers at an upper five-figure level last year. read more
06.01.2021
DSM investigates colonial history of museum objects
In its role as a research museum, the DSM asks about the origin of its own exhibits. When it comes to objects from the imperial period, their origin is often unclear. read more
21.12.2020
New digital offering from the DSM: A research journey via radio play
The new radio play "Research at Sea" reveals everything that happens on board a research ship, why the captain and the ship's command don't always agree, and what really helps again seasickness. read more
11.12.2020
Excellent equal opportunities - DSM again receives Total E-QUALITY award
For the fourth time in a row, the DSM has been awarded the TOTAL E-QUALITY award, which stands for a sustainable commitment to equal opportunities for women and men. read more
17.11.2020
Special exhibition "MAPS KNOWLEDGE SEA - Globalization from the water" opens digitally
23.10.2020
First German tidal computer goes into operation
First German tidal computer goes into operation read more
23.10.2020
Baltic Sea Book
"Johan Månsson's Sea Book of the Baltic Sea of 1644: An - almost forgotten - success story" is the name of the new publication in the German Maritime Museum series. read more
20.10.2020
Exhibition KOGGE meets PLAYMOBIL ends after great success next Sunday
Until Sunday, October 25, interested parties have the opportunity to see the exhibition. read more
16.10.2020
Virtual start of the new research project on the Hanse
What goods were traded by the inhabitants of the Orkney and Shetland Islands during the early modern period? What role did merchants from the Hanseatic cities of Bremen and Hamburg play? read more
15.10.2020
Half models of ships can be experienced virtually
Extraordinary situations such as the Corona pandemic present museums with new challenges, and digital services are becoming increasingly important. read more
09.10.2020
DSM presents light installation and photo exhibition on the return of the POLARSTERN
30.09.2020
FRAME lighting installation celebrates its premiere
Shortly before the 30th anniversary of German reunification, the permanent lighting installation FRAME at the Bangert Building of the German Maritime Museum goes into operation. read more
06.05.2020
German Maritime Museum opens again: Special offers for pupils and families with children in times of the Corona crisis
The state of Bremen has lifted the ban on opening museums imposed in the wake of the Corona crisis. read more
23.03.2020
App to the museum for everyone?
People with cognitive impairments or people with dementia should be able to visit the museum more easily. The DSM makes itself available as a Living Lab for this purpose. read more
17.03.2020
"Seeing the 'Other'?" The Perception of Foreign Cultures in Photographic Travel Albums
The research and exhibition project "Seeing the Other?" discusses, among other things, the medium of photography and photographic "memory images". read more
14.03.2020
CURRENTLY NO VISITS POSSIBLE
Due to developments around the spread of the coronavirus, the German Maritime Museum cannot be visited for the time being. The same applies to the walk-in ships in the outside area. read more
04.03.2020
Cog meets PLAYMOBIL - the story of a ship told anew
In the special exhibition "Kogge meets PLAYMOBIL - The story of a ship retells" Oliver Schaffer reenacts scenes from the history of the ship in cooperation with the German Maritime Museum.. read more
03.03.2020
Provenance research at the German Maritime Museum: An old engine and its history in the NS era
Since 1976, the single-cylinder four-stroke engine has been part of the collection of the Maritime Museum. Now the heirs of the former owner have been located. read more
20.02.2020
The long arm of the Hanseatic League
The economic development of Scottish islands in the early modern era is the subject of a new research project in which the DSM is also involved. read more
30.01.2019
DSM explores photographic collection of Hanns Tschira
He was one of the most famous on-board photographers of his time and a companion of the North German Lloyd. The work of Hanns Tschira is now the focus of a research project. read more
30.01.2019
The history of the POLARSTERN: New publication of the German Maritime Museum about the research icebreaker
A provocative question helped POLARSTERN to a breakthrough and thus marked the beginning of an extremely successful story. read more
Digital exhibition "MAPS KNOWLEDGE SEA" and new publication
Digital exhibition "MAPS KNOWLEDGE SEA" and new publication read more
Touring exhibition on dangers of munitions on the seabed at Open Space at Bremen's Domshof
Touring exhibition on dangers of munitions on the seabed at Open Space at Bremen's Domshof read more
Event on dealing with the property of Jewish emigrants during the Nazi regime
Event on dealing with the property of Jewish emigrants during the Nazi regime read more
Double exhibition launch: CHANGE NOW and INTO THE ICE at the DSM
Double exhibition launch: CHANGE NOW and INTO THE ICE at the DSM read more
NSW team uses DLR technology on research trip
NSW team uses DLR technology on research trip read more
End of an era: DSM Director Prof. Dr. Sunhild Kleingärtner leaves the museum
End of an era: DSM Director Prof. Dr. Sunhild Kleingärtner leaves the museum read more
Digital exhibition "Open Histories" shows puzzling objects from the German Maritime Museum collection
Digital exhibition "Open Histories" shows puzzling objects from the German Maritime Museum collection read more
Environmental historian researches the German Maritime Observatory
Environmental historian researches the German Maritime Observatory read more
Starting signal for move to research depot
Starting signal for move to research depot read more
TikTok star Avemoves dances at German Maritime Museum
TikTok star Avemoves dances at German Maritime Museum read more
Special exhibition RAUM FÜR VERMUTUNGEN starts at the German Maritime Museum
Special exhibition RAUM FÜR VERMUTUNGEN starts at the German Maritime Museum read more
Germany's oldest polar research vessel to be refurbished
Germany's oldest polar research vessel to be refurbished read more
Katharina Horn becomes new Commercial Director of the German Maritime Museum
Katharina Horn becomes new Commercial Director of the German Maritime Museum read more
Travelling exhibition on the dangers of munitions on the seabed launches in Bremerhaven
Travelling exhibition on the dangers of munitions on the seabed launches in Bremerhaven read more
Former DSM Director receives Federal Cross of Merit
Travelling exhibition on the dangers of munitions on the seabed launches in Bremerhaven read more
Advent and Christmas at the German Maritime Museum
Advent and Christmas at the German Maritime Museum read more
Ed Hawkins Warming Stripes on the roof of the German Maritime Museum
Climate change is currently one of the most important and most discussed problems of mankind. Whether it is the coal phase-out or the Fridays for Future movement. read more
Scientist from the German Maritime Museum pursues her research at University of Cambridge, U.K.
Scientist from the German Maritime Museum pursues her research at University of Cambridge, U.K. read more
