Maritime Museum Rotterdam
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Overview

As an historic port city, Rotterdam would not be complete without its Maritime Museum. Book an admission ticket online in advance to skip the entrance queues and start exploring. Highlights include interactive exhibits, an offshore oil platform installation, and Maritime Harbor, where visitors can explore permanently-docked ships. This is a popular rainy day activity for families.

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Maritiem Museum Rotterdam

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Minettevdwest, Apr 2025

The splash/plons exhibition was okay, we were expecting something fabulous that kids want to play in for hours since you need to book a time slot. It wasn't rhat entralling. The exhibition seemed like it needs a bit of a renovation and better upkeep. At the te water exhibition there's a game, you need to punch a punch card after finding the answers and then you can let your boat sail. This was extremely frustrating. You had to put the skeleton of the boat, its ribs in correct order. Usually boats are wider at the center. But here the "correct" answer was more narrow at the centre. We spent half an hour arranging those pieces while my daughter almost cried from frustration and her parents ignoring the 1 answer that is definitely not probable. Sure if you want to trick people, this would have been a funny answer, but worse is that this is at a maritime museum, you would expect factual design. A boat that goes narrower in the middle is practically nonexistent in historical or functional ship design. It would compromise stability, load capacity, and buoyancy—things boatbuilders across all cultures worked very hard to optimize.

Interesting but a bit outdated museum

H5376NAjorges, Mar 2025

We liked the museum, but unfortunately the visit was quick. We didn't have time to read the patent indications, The outside of the museum has an interesting square with an appealing sculpture.

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Afrader for children because everything must be reserved in advance!!

350pattyv, Feb 2025

After renovation worthless for a spontaneous visit. Everything has to be reserved. With children in particular. It sucks. Becoming a fraud!

Beautiful museum, no longer suitable for young kids

MarleenHatsekiedee, Feb 2025

After often visiting the maritime museum with great pleasure, I went there again with my little kids (5 and 2) to experience the new professor splash. It was particularly disappointing. I think it is made for older children, my son of 5 almost 6 could not do much with it. Busy, lots of scanning, totally unclear what you had to do with many “games”, for little ones there is hardly anything, eighty kids line up to scan their coloring page (made with two pencils because the rest had no point) so that it gets on the wall. Chaos, disappointing, boring and certainly not made for young kids. Which is fine, I'll just try again in a few years. Outside there was nothing, even on the terrace of "pro splash", but full price paid.

Itinerary

  • Maritiem Museum Rotterdam

    In the Maritime Museum Rotterdam you discover the enormous effect that shipping has on our daily lives. Visit the 'Offshore Experience' and look for energy in the middle of the sea. In the exhibition 'Masterpieces' you can see 25 of our most valuable pieces in our famous collection. Learn more about the port and have a good time with the whole family in our family exhibitions. In our museumharbour you can visit our historic ships and cranes.

    2 hours
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Location

Address

Leuvehaven 1a, 3011 EA Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Experience

Highlights

  • Maritime Museum admission ticket
  • Book online in advance to skip entrance queues
  • Popular choice for local and visiting families
  • Includes access to boats in Museum Harbor
  • Inclusions

    • Local taxes
    • TripAdvisor Experiences brokerage

    Exclusions

    • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
    • Drinks
    • Food and drinks
    • Food and drinks, unless specified
    • Food and drinks, other than the "value added offers" specified in your guidebook
    • Lunch

    Additional Information

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Children must be accompanied by an adult

    Guide Languages

    • English

    • German

    Cancellation Policy

    • A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.

    • No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.

    from
    EUR 18.00