German Emigration Center, Bremerhaven
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Theme Museum - Family Museum - Migration Museum. Set sail on an exciting journey into the past! We whisk you away on an unforgettable odyssey through 300 years of inspiring German migration history. For globetrotters and history enthusiasts young and old. This unique concept using authentic emigrant biographies offers a hands-on emigration experience, which allows you to relive the departure, the crossing and the arrival at Ellis Island as if you were taking that journey yourself.
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facebook.comSchatz-Suche am Valentinstag : Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven
For singles and couples, for good friends and best buddies, for puzzle solvers and treasure hunters, for those with an aversion for kitsch and those who are knowledge-hungry: The somewhat different treasure hunt on Valentine's Day in the German Emigration Center: http://bit.ly/2kldUN4 (in German)
Objekt des Monats: Schiffsmodell, um 2000 : Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven
Our object of the month from the collection of the German Emigration Center: a wonderful handcrafted ship model of the „Potsdam“ from the North German Lloyd shipping line. http://bit.ly/2kUPTv9 Photo: © Collection German Emigration Center
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Everything already gift-wrapped? Whether or not you have already finished your Christmas shopping - our handbags are a guarantee for a great surprise. Stop by a browse around our shop - we are open daily!
Weihnachtlicher Familienforschungsabend : Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven
Holiday season family research evening on Friday, Dec. 16th, 2016 at 6:30 pm: Short guided tour, family picture in vintage clothing and tracing the paths of emigrated ancestors. More info under (in German): http://bit.ly/2giVfO0
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New guided family tour about Christmas and other religious festivities. In Germany Christmas is everywhere - but which other festivities are celebrated grandly in other countries and cultures? Are there similarities to the Christian Christmas? During Advent the German Emigration Center will be offering a special newly concepted holiday season guided tour for families. The tour will take place on Dec. 25th, 2016 at 2:30 pm as well as on Dec. 22nd, 26th and 30th, 2016 at 10:30 am. More info under (in German): http://bit.ly/2gUESIm Photo: © Collection German Emigration Center
Objekt des Monats: Schiffszeitung „Skaubryn News“, 1955 : Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven
Our object of the month is the „Skaubryn News“. The ship's newspaper accompanied the passengers on their journey aboard the MS Skaubryn from Bremerhaven to Melbourne/Australia. The first issue was at the same time the Christmas edition from 1955. More info under (in German): http://bit.ly/2gD0Xfe Photo: © Collection German Emigration Center
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On November 22nd the German Emigration Center welcomed the Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic, João António da Costa Mira Gomes, on the occasion of his inaugural visit to the Federal State of Bremen to the museum. During the guided tour given by the museum Director Dr. Simone Eick the ambassador was accompanied by the Portuguese General Consul in Hamburg, Luisa Pais Lowe, as well as by the chairwomen of the city council Brigitte Lückert and Bremerhaven's Lord Mayor Melf Grantz.
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Our new "object of the month": this sweet Halloween picture from 1981 of the daughter of a German emigrant. Read more (in German): http://bit.ly/2dfdiWP Photo: © Collection German Emigration Center
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May we present? The "object of the month " from our museum collection: a car license plate from Illinois dated 1963. You can find the story to go along with it here (in German): http://bit.ly/2c5WL8g Photo: © Collection German Emigration Center
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