MS Wissenschaft

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MS Wissenschaft
MS Wissenschaft in 2009
History
 Germany
BuilderElfring shipyard
Launched1969
General characteristics
Length100 m (330 ft)
Beam9.5 m (31 ft)
Draftmax. 3.16 m (10.4 ft)

MS Wissenschaft ("MS Science")[1] is an exhibition ship in Germany. It is named after Wissenschaft, the German term for any study or science that involves systematic research and teaching. It is a project of Wissenschaft im Dialog and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany). The ship travels through Germany and also through Switzerland and Austria for several months of the year showing temporary exhibitions in line with the respective Science Year.

Exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft[edit]

History[edit]

The ship was built in 1969 at the former Elfring shipyard in Haren. In 2002, the University of Bremen hired the cargo ship, then called Geoschiff, which was used as a floating exhibition on geoscience[2] for six months.[3] Due to the success of this, MS Wissenschaft has been used as a science exhibition ship every summer since 2003. For the use as MS Wissenschaft the ship is converted every year.

Exhibitions[edit]

On its tours, MS Wissenschaft visits numerous cities throughout Germany, which it can reach on inland waterways. In 2005, Basel in Switzerland, the first foreign city to be reached via the Rhine, was also on the tour schedule. Since 2010, several cities along the Danube in the neighboring country of Austria have also been visited.

Image Year Theme Ship name Notes References
2002 Geoscience Geoschiff The exhibition lasted 6 months and explored marine science. [3]
2003 Chemistry MS Chemie The ship visited 26 cities, with over 40,000 visitors. [4]
2004 Technology MS Technik The ship visited 31 cities featuring an exhibition about the expansion of human capabilities through technology. [5]
2005 Albert Einstein MS Einstein The ship visited 37 cities, with over 100,000 visitors. With Basel, the ship landed for the first time in a non-German city. [6]
2006 Sports and computer science MS Wissenschaft – Sport und Informatik The ship visited 34 cities, with approximately 74,000 visitors. [7]
2007 Language MS Wissenschaft – Sprache ist mehr als Worte The ship visited 34 cities, with approximately 77,000 visitors. [8]
2008 Mathematics MS Wissenschaft – das Matheschiff The ship visited 31 cities, with approximately 118,000 visitors. [9]
2009 Future MS Wissenschaft – das Zukunftsschiff The ship visited 34 cities, with approximately 90,000 visitors including 650 school classes.
2010 Energy MS Wissenschaft – das Energieschiff The ship visited 36 cities, with approximately 105,000 visitors. For the first time, the ship also called at Austrian cities, including Vienna, Krems and Linz.
2011 Medicine MS Wissenschaft – Neue Wege in der Medizin The ship visited 35 cities, with approximately 72,000 visitors.
2012 Sustainability MS Wissenschaft – Zukunftsprojekt Erde The ship visited 36 cities, with approximately 90,000 visitors.
2013 Demographic change MS Wissenschaft – Alle Generationen in einem Boot The ship visited 37 cities. [1]
2014 Digitization MS Wissenschaft – Digital unterwegs The ship visited 38 cities. [2]
2015 Cities of the future MS Wissenschaft – Zukunftsstadt The ship visited 40 cities.
2016/2017 Seas and Oceans MS Wissenschaft – Meere und Ozeane The ship visited 33 cities, starting with the northern states of Germany in 2016 and ending with the southern states in 2017. [10]
2018 Working life of the future MS Wissenschaft – Arbeitswelten der Zukunft
2021 Bioeconomy MS Wissenschaft – Bioökonomie
2022 In demand MS Wissenschaft – Nachgefragt

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "ZEW on Board of MS Wissenschaft 2013". 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  2. ^ a b "Das schwimmende Science Center "MS Wissenschaft"" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  3. ^ a b "Geoschiff 2002" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  4. ^ "Das Ausstellungsschiff MS Chemie" (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  5. ^ "Ausstellungsschiff MS Technik" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  6. ^ "MS Einstein – Die Ausstellungstour ist zu Ende!" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  7. ^ "MS Wissenschaft 2006 - Sport und Informatik" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  8. ^ "MS Wissenschaft 2007: "Sprache ist mehr als Worte"" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  9. ^ "MS Wissenschaft 2008 – das Matheschiff" (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  10. ^ "All on board: MS Wissenschaft starts its tour through Germany". 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2018-06-25.

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