In the Maritime Museum Rotterdam, you can discover the enormous effect that shipping has on our daily lives. Go on a journey with us through the maritime past and present in modern exhibitions for adventurers large and small. The museum is in one of the oldest and largest museum harbours of the Netherlands, where you can visit historic vessels and cranes and experience how the world's leading port of Rotterdam began at this spot.

According to experts, our collection belongs to the world top and illustrates six centuries of Dutch maritime history up to the high-tech offshore world of today. It's a collection that we are proud of and that we cherish for future generations.