Very Interesting Museum - I actually missed this tour because I was very ill, but my daughter and son-in-law went and highly recommended it. They said they ended up staying past their 2-hour museum time limit because of all of the interesting items in the museum. I will definitely go on this tour next time I'm in Rotterdam!

Off shore certificate! - We have both been working on getting the off shore certificate. Both pensionados. See the compilation below. Nice visit.

Museum for kids - Museum that has an internal and an external part. Suitable for children. I can not say the cost as I have a museum card and exactly on the day of the visit my sister, brother-in-law and niece didn't pay anything as it was museum week (possibility of visiting museums with other people's cards).

Great - Museum with the history of Dutch navigation with space for children to play, but with a lot of history to show. The boat trip costs 6 euros and is very good, while the museum ticket costs 17.50 euros.

Worth a visit... but don't pay for the extras - Wasn't sure how to rate this one... we pre-booked online and doing so allowed us into the main area where there are games to explore and many interactive experiences. These were quite good, but the area was small. I believe the rest of the museum is free, and as a free attraction it was good, however I wouldn't go especially for the paid area, better to just go to the free area if you're nearby. At the time they also had a stand outside making free plastic boats for the kids, which to be fair my kids (5 & 7) loved. The restaurant was relatively slow, and expensive for what you get, but it actually was fantastic food, the croquettes come highly recommended from me! There is enough to look at outside the area for keep little ones happy for a while, but again this is all free. So overall, as a free experience I would give this place a 4 star, but because we paid (for not much extra) I've chosen a 3 star rating.

Unfortunately - Was a bit disappointing, I expected a lot from it. No explanation upon arrival and you have to figure it all out yourself, lots of scanning with QR code and inside there are a lot of paintings and scale models with lots of text. I think there is much more to be gained from it. Some interactive things, but not very much. And not everything in the museum was related to shipping. Outside was nice and interesting, but you could walk there without a ticket from the quay and on top of that it was also fun at Professor Plons. But for something like that I can also go to a beautifully decorated playground for my feeling. All in all it was very disappointing.

It’s fun but bit outdated - We liked the museum but it seems like it needs updating. I think for such a museum in Rotterdam which is so famous for its shipping industry it could have been more spectacular. Overall though it was a nice visit.

Disappointing for young children - The Professor Splash bit appeared to have closed down, leaving not much for younger kids. We sat through the video for the offshore experience, which left us kind of baffled as it looked like some sort of escape room experience and there was little clear indication where to go. We were then told it was for 8 years and over. Looking at the website it may have been okay for our younger child. The main redeeming feature is the cafe, which was fantastic.

Expensive, boring and loveless - Inside it is a dragon of a museum conceived by people behind a desk. Zero inspiration, scale models and no people who make it alive, employment agency people who hang around the various exhibitions as attendants. The difference with outside areas manned by volunteers is enormous. Fantastic people who bring the story of the ships to life, real ships, cranes and experience. This museum suffers from the typical Dutch disease, highly paid management without understanding or passion for shipping who manage it from behind the window glass. And therefore outrageously expensive at 60eur for 2 adults and 2 children. Disappointing to learn that our family's ship is going to the scrap heap. The reason is obvious.

TERRIBLE ATTENDANCE - On 11/12, around 3:00 pm, we were on a Europamundo tour passing through Rotterdam. On the bus, our Guide gave two options, one to visit the Maritime Museum and the other to go to a shopping center, which is very close by. We were 3 couples, and we soon chose to visit the museum. Our guide mistakenly told us that the Museum was free. We entered the Museum and apparently some renovation was taking place, in addition we didn't know the Dutch language, and due to all this movement but without any commotion we went straight to the reception and headed to the museum's entrance area. There a helpful young man greeted us saying that we should buy tickets and guided us where we should go, walked us back down the ramp and indicated the ticket office on the left side of the Museum entrance. When I went to talk to the attendant about the tickets, she was very upset and very rude and asked me why we didn't stop at the entrance to say good morning and buy the tickets. I promptly apologized to the group, as after all we went straight through the entrance, and immediately tried to clarify the misunderstanding, as well as buy the tickets. Not happy with my apology, she asked me where “we had come from”, having never seen such rudeness, and continued attacking us with several other phrases of this nature without listening to our justifications. I apologized again and even to get out of the fight I asked if she could help us, and before I asked about the tickets she interrupted me saying sinisterly: “Why? Do you want to use the bathroom?” . Anyway, we were there to buy tickets, but after so many insults and rudeness even after my apologies, we chose not to stay at the museum. I put the date and time because if the establishment becomes aware of what happened, it would be important to reorient this employee, who clearly thinks that tourists only look for bathrooms, in addition we don't speak her language but we are graduates and postgraduates, we would like to visit the Museum but she made it impossible . No matter how different cultures are, a lack of education is a lack of education anywhere in the world. Even more so if we consider a person who serves the public and often foreigners. The behavior is simply absurd.