Research projects

Ship Recycling in Northern Germany

Disasters at sea and maritime culture of remembrance in the…

Disasters at sea and maritime culture of remembrance in the 20th and 21st centuries

Waste in motion

Waste in motion

Maritime Digital Twins

Maritime Digital Twins. Regimes of Infrastructure Control and New Modes of Digital…

The History of the German Maritime Observatory, 1875–1945

In 1875 the German Maritime Observatory (die Deutsche Seewarte) was founded in Hamburg as a…

The submarine as an object of human creative power

During the Cold War, submarines emerged as a key technology that enabled people to explore…

Care – Work – Technique. Poetologies of Seafaring in the…

Care – Work – Technique. Poetologies of Seafaring in the 19th Century

Cruising across Centuries: Social Inequality and Employment…

Cruising across Centuries: Social Inequality and Employment at Sea

North German Lloyd Colonial History Research Project

North German Lloyd Colonial History Research Project

Digital Materialities: Virtual and Analogue Forms of…

The joint project "Digital Materialities: Virtual and Analogue Forms of Exhibiting Museum…

LIFTProv - The handling of Jewish emigrants' resettlement…

The research project aims to trace the path of Jewish emigrants' personal belongings from the…

Relocation goods confiscated in Bremen ports

Relocation goods confiscated in Bremen ports

DSM participates in new research project

The economic development of Scottish islands in the early modern era is the subject of a new…

German research ships in the 20th century

The project examines the influence of various interests and considerations on the financing and…

Research Object "Bremen Cog"

The salvage of the wreck from the port area in Bremen Rablinghausen was the beginning of a…

Orchestration of maritime power in the German Empire

At around 1900, military and civilian shipping were closely entwined. As objects of maritime…

Interests at Work – Work conditions in shipbuilding

In the context of the project, the relationship between production technology and work…

Maps - seas. New research project on nautical charts at DSM…

Sea charts were - and still are today - the basis of navigation on the seas. The BMBF supports…

North Sea Wrecks - a European research project

Where are the wrecks and ammunition in the North Sea? What dangers do they pose to people and…

Provenance research at the German Maritime Museum: An old…

Since 1976, the single-cylinder four-stroke engine has been part of the collection of the…

Shipping, biodiversity and globalisation

Global shipping has an impact on biodiversity. "Shipping and Biodiversity in the Age of…

NAVI for research museums

"New approaches for utilisation and knowledge communication for research museums (NAVI) –…

Perspectives of maritime art

Maritime art in the German Maritime Museum has been the focus of historical research by…

Provenance research

We carry out systematic checks of our collection regarding the provenance (origin) of the…

Between North Sea and Norwegian Sea

Iceland, the Shetlands and the Faroe Islands are the focus of research into the Hanseatic…

The Research Association for Historical Authenticity

The credibility of exhibited objects is a quality criterion for museums. But when is an object…