Barcelona Maritime Museum
About This Museum
It’s a strange and wonderful thing to stand in a museum where the floor beneath your feet was once lapped by the Mediterranean. The Barcelona Maritime Museum isn't just a building filled with artifacts; it's the very heart of the city's ancient port identity, preserved within the cavernous, stone-vaulted halls of the Royal Shipyard. Here, you don't just see history, you walk directly into its immense, timber-ribbed hold. The sheer scale of the place is humbling, forcing you to imagine the cacophony of craftsmen who once built vessels for the Crown of Aragon.
Collection Highlights
The undeniable star is the full-scale, breathtakingly detailed replica of Don Juan of Austria's 16th-century flagship, the Galley Royal—you can almost feel it cresting a wave. Beyond this leviathan, intimate galleries reveal delicate portolan charts where sea monsters lurk at the edges of the known world and an array of exquisitely crafted model ships that trace naval evolution.
Visitor Information
Tucked at the end of Las Ramblas near the Columbus Monument, it's a perfect refuge from the city's buzz. You'll want to give yourself a good couple of hours to properly appreciate everything.
Architecture & Building
A magnificent example of Catalan civil Gothic architecture, characterized by its series of soaring, parallel stone arches and vast, unobstructed interior spaces designed for constructing galleys.
Contact & Location
Address: Avinguda de les Drassanes, el Raval, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Barcelonès, Barcelona, Catalunya, 08001, España
Phone: +34 933 42 99 20
Website: Visit Website
