Artefacts and paintings in maritime collections and open-air cultural heritage at the Northern Sea Coasts reflect relics of the First and Second World War. They determine a strong impending naval flavor which is connected to a specific memorial regional identity. Rethinking maritime history though needs to reformulate the role of naval history in a new frame to distill its present- day political importance. The workshop aims at a general re-interpretation and re-formulation of naval history in a wider international context. More information