3/8/24 Hamburg Maritime Museum

 

    Today it's back into the city and the canals again , this time it's the Maritime Museum - it too is located in the old warehouses beside the canals , and boasts 11 different floors of displays .

    This propeller is out on display outside , given Isla is just over 1.2m tall , that makes the propeller about 4m or more .

   In through the gift shop , we went up the stairs to get our visit underway . On display is this lego version of the Queen Mary 2 . To give you an idea on size , there's a man standing behind it , this model is about 5m long !!

   There are many other models on display , here's one of The Endeavour !

    There are many others on display , some are made of lead and are very small , but highly detailed . 

        There were others on display made from paper !! How they do that is beyond me , but quite clever .

   One section was devoted to maps & charts , this one captured my attention . The east coast of Australia has been omitted - or rather it was thought there wasn't anything of value to be traded there. This map was done in the 1640's and is in the original map atlas . 

    This too was interesting , the copper sheet has the map engraved on it ready for printing . The map on the right is the printed version of it . The tools on the lower right are the etching tools used to create the template . There must have been thousands of these templates for all the maps that were in use !!

    These hanging compasses were interesting , they usually hung in the captains cabin , above his bed , just so he could keep an eye on whoever was in charge of steering the ship while he was resting - making sure they were still on course .

 

    Another level was devoted to the making of boats & ships , with some of the tools used in the process .

    Ship plans as well .

    Another section and we had scale models of the engines of various ships . This one is of the Titanic's motors . To give you an idea of the size , the platform beside the huge motor has a small staircase on the left hand end . These motors would have been about 10-15m tall !

     There were plenty of rifles and swords on display as well .

    After several hours looking through the museum , we couldn't take any more in , so went on our merry way . While wandering up to the city area again , we came across these little hotrods going down the street  - a tour of some sort , would be a bit intimidating driving those amongst the traffic !!

    Another canal view .

    We did it again , in Hamburg on the pride parade day . Dodging most of the mayhem , we found a restaurant and grabbed a table , time for a beer and some pork knuckle !! We ordered and started enjoying our meal as the sky darkened , and threatened . First there was the thunder , we missed the lightning , but it kept getting darker & darker , before letting loose with the rain . We were sitting outside , under a large square umbrella , which came in very handy . We probably should've had indigestion from scoffing our meal so quickly , but we didn't want to waste it - it was delicious . Justin & Isla got some rain blown in , but Lyn and I managed to miss out on it . 

   The downpour ended and we made our way home , dodging puddles and having a good laugh . Seems to have been a theme here in Germany - 2 pride parades and storms to wash it down ???? We had a good day out anyway 🙂

   Here's a map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1R_Uoc83yLnO5gozU5mRz90X0X-PnB4s&usp=sharing