I visited the Hamburg International Maritime Museum in Hamburg's town centre on 25 May on a very wet and windy afternoon.
Their displays were very different to ours. They had 40,000 boat models and a vast array of Naval uniforms, weapons through the ages and shipbuilding through the ages including welding and riveting. There were also warships and sailing ships, viz windjammers etc. The museum contained some very old ships' paintings, mainly by Dutch and Flemish artists. There was a large (20ft long) cabinet with a medal display and one of the items was a small diamond encrusted award. There was a mock-up of a first class cabin on a German liner with a double bed and commode. Similar to NMMC there was a knotting and splicing display.
We were able to present to Rotenburg (Falmouth's twin town) two model boats from our shop, one of which will stand on the window sill of Herr Hachemoller's office.
Overall, I could have spent 2 days' holiday in there.
