Musée portuaire Dunkerque

The Port Museum, embark in the heart of port heritage!   The museum is located in the historic area of ​​the Citadel, in a former industrial warehouse nineteenth century having kept its cachet.

As you walk the halls with yellow brick walls of this beautiful building, you will come inevitably the road of famous characters or smaller. Among them, Jean Bart introduce you to the race war, fishermen will reveal two centuries of Icelandic epic whose Dunkirk coast was the starting point. Dockers, boatmen or drivers will open for their behind the scenes of this fascinating world port today. So, from the history of the Dunkirk port you will understand the operation and current issues of ports in international maritime trade. Models, tools, paintings, everyday objects, photographs and films, you dive into this fascinating world.

Face former tobacco warehouse, a unique floating heritage awaits you. You can climb aboard several ships and immerse yourself in the daily life of sailors especially on the three-masted Duchesse Anne, a former training ship, the largest visitable sailboat France and the lightship Sandettie. It stipulated the sandbanks in the harbor entrance to prevent ships running aground. Both boats are classified historical monuments. The museum also has a barge, the Guild, which presents an exhibition on Skippers.

Visit the Port Museum Dunkerque: Another way to understand the maritime world.

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