German Oceanographic Museum

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German Oceanographic Museum

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German Oceanographic Museum, Stralsund

The German Oceanographic Museum (

The main house is located in the hall of the former

In the Ozeaneum, which opened on 11 July 2008 on Stralsund's harbour island, there are 39 large aquaria with 7,000 animals from the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Atlantic Ocean, as well as the world's largest exhibition of whales.

The Nautineum on the island of Dänholm has exhibitions on the topics of fishing, marine research, whale research, hydrography and sea routes.

The focal point of the Natureum on the Darß peninsula is nature and the landscape of the peninsula.

History

The museum was founded in 1951 as the Natural History Museum, by Prof. Otto Dibbelt. Starting in 1956 under the leadership of Dr. Sonnfried Streicher, it was continuously development. It current director is Dr. Harald Benke.

After an extension of the exhibition theme to oceanography, in 1966 the museum was renamed the Oceanographic Museum and, in 1974, it was renamed the Museum of Oceanography and Fisheries of the

Between 1989 and 1990, the construction of the museum café and museum shop was undertaken and the expansion of the aquarium wing started in 1988 completed. The permanent exhibition, "Man and the Sea", was continued and public relations enhanced. The museum participated in the construction of the

• Deutsches Meeresmuseum Stralsund – Museumsführer. published by the Deutsches Meeresmuseum Stralsund, 2004.
• Meeresaquarium Stralsund. published by the Deutsches Meeresmuseum Stralsund.
• Karl-Heinz Tschiesche: Seepferdchen, Kugelfisch und Krake. 2005,
  ISBN 3-356-01096-4
  .

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