Discover the Maritime Museum

In 'The Offshore Experience' you literally experience the exceptional challenges that the high-tech, international and dynamic offshore sector has to face on a daily basis throughout the world.

In this expedition (ages 8 and up), you can discover what it is about you that could make you a scholar and world traveller as our adventurous researcher André Kuipers and the four ‘bright minds’ from the history of the East India Company.

What does it take to build a reliable ship? On the occasion of the 150th birthday of Lloyd’s Register in the Netherlands you may take a look into the world of ship surveying. How many lifeboats are mandatory? And what exactly do crayfish have to do with this?

The Maritime Museum Harbour contains our exceptional collection of historic vessels and cranes, which we maintain in working condition. You are welcome to come aboard!  

Masterpieces is showcasing 25 unique objects from our centuries-old collection. Each object has earned its place in the exhibition in its own special way – because of its revolutionary role in shipping, because it is a silent witness to a key moment in maritime history, or simply because it is such a high-quality piece.

The Netherlands is genuinely a country of water - and where there’s water, there are people living on it. But what makes people want to live on the water? And what makes people who live on the water love it so much?

In the exhibit 'Professor Splash', children aged from 4 to 10 can join in exciting adventures in the wonderful port world of Professor Splash and his friends Captain Cork, Sai-Lng, Mecha Mo and the rescue dog Dipper.

What would it be like to stay on such an impressively tall ship, with twelve passenger decks and a tropical swimming paradise and tennis court on board? You can experience what it is like to go on a holiday on a cruise liner like that at the 'Sea Palaces.

In ‘Dealing with Drugs’ you experience the ruthless world of the drugs trade in the port of Rotterdam. You play the main role yourself and you'll be confronted with impossible dilemmas.