DANNEBROG the Royal Yacht is more than a ship. It is a castle afloat that carries the royal family to meet the Danes. When the Royal Yacht arrives in harbours on its annual travels in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the Monarch meets her people, as local communities welcome the Majesty and introduce her to the local area. The Royal Yacht ties the entire realm together, and it frames the life of the Royal Family at sea.

BIG dock is the new permanent exhibition, which gives visitors the opportunity to get close to the star architect Bjarke Ingels’ thoughts, visions and creative process about the creation of the already iconic underground museum building that houses M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark.

Why is there a perfume by Jean Paul Gaultier, old film posters, cigarette packs, toys and a Donald Duck comic at M/S?

In the 1700s the world was more globalised than it had ever been before.

How global is your breakfast or the products in your shopping cart? The upcoming exhibition ‘THE MAGIC BOX – Shipping, Shopping and the global consumer’ focuses on the consumer culture and the signifiance of shipping for you and me.

At the harbour, the sailor bids farewell to his life as a son, husband and father and embarks into another world – that of the ship and sea.

 A treasure trove of model ships and ship portraits.

The fear and dread experienced by Danish seamen sailing as passive participants on the warships of World War I and World War II.

A 400 years old shipwreck at the museum.