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Ships-in-Bottles Web Pages


Dedicated SIB Museums

  • Tempozan Harbor Park, Osaka, Japan
    • Maintained by the Japanese Ships-in-Bottles Association
  • Bottle Art Museum, Pattaya City, Thailand
    • (Bottle Shipwright 1997-3)
  • Flessenscheepjes Museum, Enkhuizen, Netherlands
    • The best SIB museum in Europe, probably best in the world according to Ralph Preston, Master Ship Bottler (Bottle Shipwright 1994-4)
  • SIB Museum, Neuharlingerziel, Germany
    • Between Emden and Wilhelmshaven. Basement of the Hotel Anderson (Bottle Shipwright 1994-4)
  • Buddelschiff Museum, Tangerhutte, Germany
    • Hans Euler, Owner
  • Wedel SIB Museum, Wedel, Germany
    • (Bottle Shipwright 1994-4)
  • "Flask Peter" Museum, Aeroskobing, Denmark
    • On the island of Aero, Denmark. Per Jakob Fahlen, curator, this is the oldest SIB museum anywhere. The collection comprises the lifetime work of "Flask Peter" Jacobsen. (Bottle Shipwright 1994-4)


Museums that have SIBs on display

  • San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco CA, USA
  • Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria OR, USA
  • Allen Knight Maritime Museum, Monterey CA, USA
  • Seattle Historical Museum, Seattle WA, USA
  • Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver BC Canada
  • Los Angeles Maritime Museum, Los Angeles CA, USA
  • Cabrillo Maritime Museum, San Pedro CA, USA
  • San Diego Maritime Museum, San Diego CA, USA
  • USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown MA, USA
  • Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, ME, USA
  • Penobscot Maritime Museum, Searsport ME, USA
  • Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, Savannah GA, USA
  • Williamstown Maritime Museum, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
  • Sydney Maritime Museum, Birkenhead Point, New South Wales, Australia
  • Newcastle Maritime Museum, Mereweather, New South Wales, Australia
  • Maritime Museum of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
  • Queensland Maritime Museum, Brisbane, Australia
  • Spanish Naval Museum, Madrid, Spain
  • Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Scheepvaartmuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Visserijmuseum, Scheveningen, Netherlands


Ships-in-Bottles Associations Around the World


Internet Mailing List

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