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Museum für Antike Schifffahrt
Museum für Antike Schifffahrt
address
Neutorstraße 2b
55116 Mainz
55116 Mainz
Phone
+49 (0) 6131 8885-0
eMail
service@leiza.de
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The Museum für Antike Schifffahrt is currently being modernised with funding from the federal government and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate as part of the Leibniz Association's Research Museums Action Plan. It is scheduled to reopen in late autumn 2026.
Entrance fees
free
Sector
Archaeology
Category
Museums
Sponsor
Leibniz Center for Archeology (LEIZA), foundation under public law of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the city of Mainz
Founded
1994
Focus of collection
Archaeology
Location
Mainz
Information
Off to new shores – in 2026, the museum will open an interactive, accessible permanent exhibition on ancient mobility and globalisation. It shows why people have been on the move for thousands of years: trade, travel and military expansion connect regions and create networks. Goods, ideas and technologies travel long distances to new areas. Dependencies, conflicts and new rules arise. Highlights include the late antique shipwrecks discovered in Mainz in 1980/81 and two faithful replicas.