Since 1929, the Museu Marítim de Barcelona has built up a major collection of exhibits which are illustrative of Catalan seafaring culture and make it easier to understand the factors that influenced the country’s maritime history. The museum takes us on a journey through the history of seafaring with spectacular recreations of authentic maritime settings.
Highlights of the museum’s collections include model ships, nautical instruments, ex-votos, seascapes, figureheads and maps. High points of the permanent collection are the full-scale replica of the royal galley used by Juan of Austria at the Battle of Lepanto, and the historic schooner Santa Eulàlia, a 46-metre-long, three-masted vessel dating from 1918, which is moored in Barcelona’s harbour.
More information:
Museu Marítim fact file
http://www.mmb.cat/ -official site. In Catalan and Spanish only.
http://barcelona.de/en/barcelona-museum-maritim.html
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Apologies for the low quality of the video presented but we thought it was interesting nonetheless to illustrate this site.
Video: © TiTo Gifre Camprubí
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghjpFNy16ME
