The maritime museum is located in a former fish market hall at the Kiel harbour. Is there a better place to vividly present the maritime history of Kiel, the town of the navy, industry and workers?
Young and old can discover many things in the permanent exhibition: models representing ships from all times, nautical instruments, ship paintings, figureheads, the legendary Kiel marine suit for boys and inventions like a model of the first German submarine, an original sonar, dioramas and the emperor’s panorama 3-D-picture-show. In addition, monumental seascape paintings, other maritime paintings and the kitchen-cum-living-room of a shipyard worker are presented.
Take your time for a visit. You are rewarded by an exciting tour of maritime Kiel. At the adjoined museum pier you can visit three veteran ships: the lifeboat "Hindenburg", the fireboat "Kiel" and the buoy ship "Bussard" from 1905. In the latter take a look at the original steam engine and boiler room.

thematic focus: Shipping,  History,  Folklore

Guided tours of the maritime museum for all of the family on every 1st Sunday of a month at 11.30 am
Guided group tours by appointment

On sale in the museum: publications (see above), post cards, posters
Catering in the close vicinity:
Café Rolfs, Schloßgarten 5 - Grimm, Dahlmannstr. 5 - Lüneburg, Dänische Str. 22 - Reinicke´s Weine, Dänische Str. 9 - Werkstatt-Café, Falckstr. 16

Information: museum leaflet
on the maritime museum and ist collections: Jürgen Jensen, Das Kieler Stadt- und Schiffahrtsmuseum (1980)
selected publications on maritime topics

Responsible body of the maritime museum is the town of Kiel.Supportive association is the “Förderkreis Kieler Schiffahrtsmuseum e.V.”

Town centre/harbour: 100 metres from the „Ostseekai“

can be reached by all busses running to the town centre