Museum Ship Amandine
This large middle-size trawler used to operate in the fishing grounds around Southern Iceland and remained in the North Sea and the Channel during the winter months. From 1974 the 0.129 Amandine became a true Icelandic vessel. The catch consisted mainly of Cod, Haddock, Pollack, Red Mullet, Red Sea Bream, Flounder and Scottish Plaice.
On 3rd March 1995 the Amandine sailed into Oostende for the last time and the curtain fell on the Oostende Iceland Fisheries. The Amandine was restored by the Maritime Site in the old Seghers shi 

James Ensor House

In 1917 James Ensor (1860 – 1949) moved to this house after inheriting it from his uncle who had had a shell and souvenir shop in it. He spent the rest of his long life here. After his death the ‘Friends of James Ensor’ society devoted itself to preserving the house as a museum. In 1956 the Ensor House was handed over to the city of Oostende but it suffered from neglect and was even closed to the public. Moreover, there was talk of demolishing it, but things changed in 1973: the building was restored and the museum reopened.
The Ensor House suggestively evokes the world in which Ensor lived. Here you can see the shell and souvenir shop, a documentation room and the salon-studio.

 
Three Master Mercator

The Arctic traveller Adrien de Gerlache designed this three-master which was built in Scotland. The Mercator had only two commanders: Van de Sande (from 1933) and Ghys (from 1955) and went on 54 voyages. In 1956 the Mercator brought back the remains of Father Damien from Molokai. As a seagoing ambassador the three-master attracted a great deal of attention at world exhibitions and ceremonies, participated in numerous races and won the Oslo-Oostende race.
In 1960 the Mercator sailed into the Port of Antwerp. It was refurbished as a museum ship in 1961. The Mercator has been a jewel in the crown of Oostende since 1964.

North Sea Aquarium

The building of the North Sea Aquarium was erected after WW II as a Shrimp Market. As it remained empty during the 1970s and because several successful tropical fish exhibitions had been held there, it was chosen as a site for a North Sea Aquarium. The opening took place on 11th August 1977.

The museum houses a collection of fossils, shells and dried and stuffed sea creatures as well as 13 aquariums of marine animals and fish from the North Sea, the Channel and the Irish Sea. The fishermen themselves supply the museum with live aquarium material which they bring back from their fishing trips. Each year the Friends of the North Sea Aquarium society presents a Gold, Siler and Bronze Fish to the best suppliers.

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Domain Raversijde
Earth Exlporer
Fort Napoleon
Ostend's Historical Museum De Plate
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