Flaske-Peters Bottleship Collection

Ærøskøbing, Denmark (DK)

He used all kinds of bottles for his bottle ships and is very interesting.

2008 the museum didn't go well financially and the collection was close to be sold to a collector in the USA, but the Danish shipping company A.P. Møller Mærsk bought them and the museum survived.

Flaske-Peters Bottleship Collection

Ærøskøbing, Denmark (DK)

Flaske-Peter (Bottle-Peter), (1873-1960), was a local fisherman who made 1,700 bottleships to friends and others.

Today hundreds of his bottle ships can be found here and is the largest collection in the World.

He used all kinds of bottles for his bottle ships and is very interesting.

2008 the museum didn't go well financially and the collection was close to be sold to a collector in the USA, but the Danish shipping company A.P. Møller Mærsk bought them and the museum survived.

Buildings - Museums
Links: www.arremus.dk
By: Dania