Portuaire Museum (Dunkerque)

The Bassin de Commerce, the harbor basin in the immediate vicinity of the center of Dunkirk, seen here from the Belfry of Dunkirk . Here are u. a. the white three-masted sailing ship Duchesse Anne and the lightship Sandettie . Behind the Duchesse Anne you can see the port museum building.

The Port Museum of Dunkirk (fr: Musée portuaire de Dunkerque ) is dedicated to the more than a thousand-year history of the port of Dunkirk , which is now the third largest port in France after Marseille and Le Havre and stretches over 17 km along the coast.

Building and exhibition

The port museum, which was founded in 1992, is housed in a former tobacco warehouse from 1869 directly on the Quai de Citadelle on the Bassin de Commerce , the port basin directly at the old center of Dunkirk. The exhibition and the information boards of the port museum provide information about the herring fishery in the Middle Ages , the sea wars during the time of European expansion, the cod fishery near Iceland , the commercial port in modern times, the destruction of the Second World War and the modern industrial port. A rich collection of ship models is presented on the top floor . The museum was founded on the personal initiative of former dock workers who had put together the collection from the 1970s. The museum also has a documentation center ( center de documentation ), bookstore and function rooms.

Museum harbor

The three museum ships belonging to the museum are located in the Bassin de Commerce directly at the museum; the three-masted sailing ship Duchesse Anne , the lightship Sandettie and the Guilde , a barge of the Peniche type .

lighthouse

Since 2012, the museum has been running an exhibition on the history of the lighthouse , its technology and the life of the lighthouse keepers in the reception area of the Phare de Dunkerque .

Web links

Commons : Musée portuaire (Dunkerque) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Philippe Gloaguen, et al .: Le Routard - Le guide de la visite d'entreprise . No. 79/0425/0 . Hachette Livre, Vanves 2016, ISBN 978-2-01-323703-1 , pp. 124 f .

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[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Philippe Gloaguen, et al .: Le Routard - Le guide de la visite d'entreprise . No. 79/0425/0 . Hachette Livre, Vanves 2016, ISBN 978-2-01-323703-1 , pp. 124 f .