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| native_name = Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum

| logo = Logo Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum 2018.svg

| coordinates = {{coord|53|32|24|N|8|34|37|E|display=inline,title|region:DE-HB_type:landmark_source:dewiki}}

| mapframe-zoom = 14

| location = [[Bremerhaven]], Germany

[[Image:Funnel otto hahn hg.jpg|thumb|upright|Funnel of ''[[Otto Hahn (ship)|Otto Hahn]]'']]

The '''German Maritime Museum''' ({{lang-de|link=no|Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (DSM)}}) is a museum in [[Bremerhaven]], Germany. It is part of the [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community]]. The main museum building was opened on 5 September 1975 by then-[[president of Germany]] [[Walter Scheel]], though scientific work already had started in 1971. In 2000, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the museum, the [[Bremen cog|''Hansekogge'']], a ship constructed around 1380 that was found in the Weser river in 1962, was presented to the public after having undergone a lengthy process of conservation in a large preservative-filled basin.

The museum consists of the building planned by [[Hans Scharoun]] as well as several [[museum ship]]s in the Old Harbour of Bremerhaven, including the ''Seute Deern'' [[Sailing ship|windjammer]]. Since 2005, the buildings and 8 ships are listed as protected heritage ensemble.<ref>{{WP-HB LfD|1737,T|Database of Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Bremen #1737,T}} {{in lang|de}}</ref>

The German Maritime Museum (DSM) was founded in Bremerhaven in 1971 to replace the Museum of Marine Science in [[Berlin]], which had been destroyed during [[World War II]]. Its task is to collect, record, research and present documents and artefacts pertaining to German [[maritime history]]. For this purpose, the DSM is equipped with laboratories and technical facilities for the examination, [[Conservation-restoration|conservation]] and [[Conservation and restoration of watercraft|restoration]] of different types of [[water craft]] as well as other objects. It also houses a wide range of artefact collections and a dedicated archive and specialist library with adjacent reading room. The DSM is publisher of two periodicals as well as four scientific monograph series.

* Central European shipping in the prehistoric, Roman and medieval periods (with the [[Bremen cog]] of 1380 as main exhibit).

* German shipping in early modern times (1500 to 1800).

* German shipping in the post-1800 industrial age (with the paddle-steamer『Meißen』of 1881 as main exhibit), military shipping (with the "Seehund" class submarine of 1945 as main exhibit), industrial ships' engines (with engines and reactor control panel of the nuclear-powered vessel ''[[Otto Hahn (ship)|Otto Hahn]]'' of 1968 as main exhibit).

* Shipping Channels (navigation, marine cartography, navigation marks, navigable waters).

* Outdoor museum port with coastal, inland and sea vessels from 1867 to 1985 as well as cargo handling equipment, buoys etc. Flagship is the world's largest preserved cargo sailing ship made of wood – the bark ''Seute Deern'' of 1919; it was announced in October 2019 that, in the light of a survey which found that the ship is beyond repair, ''Seute Deern'' is to be broken up in situ.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bremerhavens Wahrzeichen "Seute Deern" wird abgewrackt |url=https://www.butenunbinnen.de/nachrichten/gesellschaft/seute-deern-abgewrackt-100.html |access-date=24 October 2019 |work=buten en binnen |publisher=Radio Bremen |date=23 October 2019 |language=de}}</ref>

* An extension opened in 2000 is home to the other sections – polar and marine research, whaling, deep-sea fishery, sea-rescue as well as sailing as a sport and rowing.

* The ''[[German submarine Wilhelm Bauer|Wilhelm Bauer]]'', a sample of the [[Type XXI submarine]]s operated by the [[Kriegsmarine]] for a short time near the end of WW II; this is the last fully intact, floating example of this class of craft.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gordon Williamson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94SICwAAQBAJ&dq=u-boat+type+XXI+only+two+went+out+on+patrol&pg=PT61|title=Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45|publisher=841763640|date=2002 |isbn=9781780966618}}</ref>

* {{Official website|http://www.dsm.museum/}} {{in lang|de|en}}

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