Tirpitz Museum (), also called Blåvand Bunker Museum, is a museum in Blåvand, on the coast of

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

. It is built in an old bunker from which it got its name, and features exhibitions on the

Atlantic Wall The Atlantic Wall () was an extensive system of coastal defence and fortification, coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defense (military), d ...

, the west coast of Denmark, and an amber collection.

History

The Tirpitz Bunker started construction in 1944, and was built as part of the defense around the city of

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. Following the surrender of the German forces, construction was halted, and the bunker was therefore never completed. The bunker was designed to house 2 turrets with 2 38 cm SK C/34 naval guns each. After the war, the bunker was abandoned and later turned into a small museum. In 2012, it was decided to expand and completely redesign the museum, with

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being chosen as architect of the new museum. The new museum features open spaces and is built into the dunes. The permanent exhibitions were designed by Dutch experience design agency Tinker Imagineers. On 29 June 2017, an opening ceremony was held, with the

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and

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attending.

Exhibitions

The Museum features 4 exhibition areas, 3 of which are permanent exhibitions. Furthermore, it is possible to enter the old bunker and gun turret with a glass reconstruction of the artillery guns. ;An Army of Concrete Tells about Atlantic Wall and personal stories from the surrounding areas. ;West Coast Stories Tells the story of the 20,000 year old history of the Danish West Coast. ;Gold of the Sea Features the largest collection of amber in Denmark. ;Non-permanent exhibition The first non-permanent exhibition, is centered around

mine clearance Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By contr ...

, and features props and sets from the movie Land of Mine.

References

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History

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