International Maritime Museum Hamburg
Address:
Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg, Kaispeicher B, Koreastraße 1, D-20457 Hamburg
The venue for the second evening event of the 29th IAPH World Ports Conference - Tuesday, 2 June 2015 - will be the oldest preserved warehouse of the city of Hamburg, Kaispeicher B.
Apart from enjoying an entertaining evening with excellent networking opportunities, conference delegates will get to marvel at the world’s largest private collection of objects related to shipping and marine history at the International Maritime Museum housed in Kaispeicher B. The exhibits are presented on nine levels or “decks”, as the exhibition spaces are called. They tell the stories of explorers and conquerors, captains and common seamen – an expedition through 3000 years of human history. During the evening event experts are available for guided tours through the museum.
Visitors to the museum are bound to get itchy feet at the sight of the many model ships on display. They will also discover how challenging and how much stronger than humans nature can be. They will see how curiosity and hunger for power advanced the development of shipping.
A modern museum concept was developed to showcase the 1,000 large and 36,000 miniature models, 5,000 paintings, graphic art objects, water colour paintings and many other exhibits on nine floors, arranged according to topic. Two thirds of the items are on permanent display. In the library and archive 120,000 books and atlases, 50,000 construction drawings, 2,000 films, 500,000 photos and 15,000 ship menus are available for research purposes. Each “deck” is arranged in chronological order. A timeline showing the aspect-related key data makes it easier to place items in their historical context. A guidance system and an information sheet help visitors find their way on each floor.
Kaispeicher B at Hamburg’s Speicherstadt [warehouse city] has been home to the International Maritime Museum for about six years. The warehouse was built in 1878 when it was first used to store grain. Six years later it was converted to a warehouse for goods in bags, barrels, crates and bales. The warehouse’s façade with its gables, cornices and pointed arches is built in the Neo-Gothic style of the Hanover School of Architecture, which is typical of the warehouse city.
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Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg, Kaispeicher B, Koreastraße 1, D-20457 Hamburg
The venue for the second evening event of the 29th IAPH World Ports Conference - Tuesday, 2 June 2015 - will be the oldest preserved warehouse of the city of Hamburg, Kaispeicher B.
Apart from enjoying an entertaining evening with excellent networking opportunities, conference delegates will get to marvel at the world’s largest private collection of objects related to shipping and marine history at the International Maritime Museum housed in Kaispeicher B. The exhibits are presented on nine levels or “decks”, as the exhibition spaces are called. They tell the stories of explorers and conquerors, captains and common seamen – an expedition through 3000 years of human history. During the evening event experts are available for guided tours through the museum.
Visitors to the museum are bound to get itchy feet at the sight of the many model ships on display. They will also discover how challenging and how much stronger than humans nature can be. They will see how curiosity and hunger for power advanced the development of shipping.
A modern museum concept was developed to showcase the 1,000 large and 36,000 miniature models, 5,000 paintings, graphic art objects, water colour paintings and many other exhibits on nine floors, arranged according to topic. Two thirds of the items are on permanent display. In the library and archive 120,000 books and atlases, 50,000 construction drawings, 2,000 films, 500,000 photos and 15,000 ship menus are available for research purposes. Each “deck” is arranged in chronological order. A timeline showing the aspect-related key data makes it easier to place items in their historical context. A guidance system and an information sheet help visitors find their way on each floor.
Kaispeicher B at Hamburg’s Speicherstadt [warehouse city] has been home to the International Maritime Museum for about six years. The warehouse was built in 1878 when it was first used to store grain. Six years later it was converted to a warehouse for goods in bags, barrels, crates and bales. The warehouse’s façade with its gables, cornices and pointed arches is built in the Neo-Gothic style of the Hanover School of Architecture, which is typical of the warehouse city.
Find more Information here!
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