Instanz: TeilenTeilen:First step towards 3D documentation of Bremen’s Weser bargesDeutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (DSM) / Leibniz-Institut für Maritime Geschichte KommunikationDeutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum - Leibniz-Institut für Maritime Geschichte11.08.2026 12:39A special journey for the Bremen Weser barges: to enable these historic 17th-century barges to be documented in 3D using modern techniques, they were moved from the depot of the German Maritime Museum (DSM) / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History in Bremerhaven to Vechta after 19 years. It was a task requiring precise manual work for the DSM researchers, who spent several days in July preparing the more than three-hundred-year-old Weser barges piece by piece for transport. Sampling deposits between the ship’s components also opens up the potential for drawing conclusions about the ships’ possible cargoes. Dr Belasus will carry out the detailed survey and scientific documentation of the wooden components by the end of the year. The high-resolution 3D surveying and examination of the Bremen Weser barges thus make an important contribution to the research and long-term preservation of this significant maritime cultural heritage.