Established 23 October 1936 Phone +34 933 42 99 20 | Type Maritime museum Province Province of Barcelona | |
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Location Drassanes Reials de Barcelona,
Av. de les Drassanes s/n, Barcelona Address Av. de les Drassanes, s/n, 08001 Barcelona, Spain Hours Open today · 10AM–8PMMonday10AM–8PMTuesday10AM–8PMWednesday10AM–8PMThursday10AM–8PMFriday10AM–8PMSaturday10AM–8PMSunday(Father's Day)10AM–8PMHours might differ Similar Barcelona Royal Shipyard, CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Barcelona Museum of Contemp, Museu Nacional d'Art de C Profiles | ||
The Maritime Museum of Barcelona (MMB) ( Maritime Museum of Barcelona ) is located in the building of Drassanes Reials de Barcelona , the royal arsenal of Barcelona, dedicated to shipbuilding between the thirteenth century and eighteenth century. The first mention of these arsenals date from 1243 in a document indicating the boundaries of the city of Barcelona where it mentions its shipyard.
Contents
It shows the history of the navigation from the early days together with the history of the Spanish Navy since the Catholic Monarchs, in the 15th century, up to the present. It also hosts several navigation instruments, weapons, portolans and paintings. The museum was declared Museum of National Interest by the Government of Catalonia.
Maritime museum of barcelona
Building
It is located inside Barcelona Royal Shipyard (Catalan: Drassanes Reials de Barcelona; Spanish: Atarazanas Reales de Barcelona) a shipyard and former military building of Gothic architecture placed at the Port Vell area of the Port of Barcelona. Construction started during the 13th century under the rule of Peter III of Aragon.
The building is of Gothic style, its construction was carried out in a first stage between 1283 / 1328 and the second between 1328 / 1390. Subsequent reforms and extensions have been made, basically keeping the original structure.
During excavations in 2012 it was discovered that in the late 16th century a new building was constructed on top of the old medieval dockyard, giving the building its current structure. This excavations also uncovered a Roman graveyard. The shipyard's restoration was finished in early 2013. The Museum was reopened in 2014.