''MS Wissenschaft'' ("''MS Science''") is an

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ship in

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. It is named after , the

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term for any study or

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that involves systematic research and teaching. It is a project of and the

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. 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''

History

The ship was built in 1969 at the former Elfring shipyard in Haren. In 2002, the University of Bremen hired the

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, then called ''Geoschiff'', which was used as a floating exhibition on

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for six months. 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

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.

References

External links

official website
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