Maritime Museum of North Friesland


Open every day from 10.00 to 17.00 hours

Museum Guide
 
Basement:    
The wreck from Uelvesbuell - a 400 years old transport sailer
Video: Salvage of the wreck in 1994
A boat made of hide + Historical finds in the Wadden Sea

Ground floor:            
North Friesland: Creation of the countryside
Historical wooden ship building, ship models
Fishery in the Wadden Sea (at the coast) - video
Maritime rarities, collection of ships in bottles
Training ships
Historical whaling
Rescue at sea by Video display of the DGzRS

First Floor:             
Navigation in the Wadden Sea, historical maps
Johannes Mejer, the great cartographer from Husum
The nature of buoys and beacons, light houses
Navigation at sea, wheelhouse on video display
1000 years shipping under sails
Husum's shipyard - Video display "How a ship comes into being"

Top floor:        
Special maritime exhibitions and video presentations
The fate of the "Ormen Friske"

Outdoor Area (Museum):        
The Lighthouse from Hoernum from 1900
Wheelhouse of the fishing vessel "Nantiane" 
Techniques in Shipbuilding and ship engines 
Anchors and wreck finds
Lifeboat of the DGzRS (German Association for the Rescuing of Shipwrecked Persons)
Fishing boat and an "Optimist" training sailboat

Outdoor Area (Inner Harbour):     
Buoy-laying vessel "Hildegard" at the historical slip facility
Big bulbous bow - A case of average
Propeller of a big cargo ship
Tackle mast including an original belaying bank for pins

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