The collections of the Museu Marítim de Barcelona are tangible testimonies to a long-standing cultural tradition linked to the sea which have survived throughout our history. The museum’s collections have been built up over the course of the institution’s existence, a period that began in 1929 with the establishment of a small museum that was part of the Institut Nàutic de la Mediterrània (Mediterranean Nautical Institute). The collections have grown as a result of acquisitions made by the museum and thanks to the generosity of the many organisations and people who have made donations.
Highlights of the museum’s resources include its collections of model ships, nautical instruments, votive offerings, maritime paintings, figureheads, cartography, the full size replica of the galley Real of Juan de Austria, and the schooner Santa Eulàlia, an historical vessel from 1918.
