The ground-breaking ceremony for the New Maritime Museum in Elsinore took place on 17 September, 2010. ALECTIA provides owner representative services and construction management. The museum will cost up to DKK 212 mill. and is expected to be finished in 2012.

The Danish minister of culture, Per Stig Møller, initiated the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the New Maritime Museum in Elsinore. This marks the start of a major project, transforming a historical dock into an international museum.

The Maritime Museum will be 7,600 m2, occupying a unique location in the old dry dock close to Kronborg Castle. The museum is to be built at the base of the 150 meters long dock, integrating the old dock walls into the outer walls of the new museum. The dock itself will be an open space, with room for large outdoor exhibitions, displays and events.

The museum building has been designed by BIG architects, the Bjarke Ingels Group.

New settings and contents
The existing Danish Maritime Museum has been located at Kronborg Castle since its inception in 1915. Chronologically, the museum takes over the story of sea travel from the the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, covering the period from the 14th century to present day, with particular emphasis on seafaring during the last 100 years.

With the move to the New Maritime Museum in 2013, larger parts of the museum’s collections can be exhibited, including recent shipping history, which was not possible before. The hope is that this will help attract more children and young people to an intrinsic part of Danish history.

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