In many ways, you will be taken into the beautiful, authentic, Frisian waterland. The shipping department deals with Frisian coastal shipping, inland navigation (skûtsjes), inland waterway shipping, fishing, cargo shipping, shipbuilding and the Frisian Admiralty. Popular are the more than 300 ship models; from small to lifelike.

Period rooms, from fancy dining rooms to farmhouse upstairs rooms, take you back to the 18th and 19th centuries. You can experience how the local merchants lived in the Sneker Oudheidkamer. There is also attention for frozen water: the ice hall is dedicated to the Frisian popular sport par excellence: skating. The Fries Scheepvaart Museum also organises constantly changing exhibitions, lectures and workshops.

The Fries Scheepvaart Museum is a very child-friendly museum, it has not been rewarded with the 'Best Kidsproof Museum of Friesland' designation for nothing. The Children's Museum was created especially for them and is very popular! Play in a real sea scow, learn to build a raft, try if you can pull a skûtsje, dress up as a Viking and hoist the sails of the life-size Viking ship and much more. The museum also offers the family route. With a loot bag full of materials, you can wander through the museum together. A real Viking gives the family, via the audio tour, assignments: treasure hunting, trading with chopped silver, navigating with a sun stone and much more.

The Fries Scheepvaart Museum: the history of Frisian shipping brought to life.