Navy Museum (Portugal)

Navy Museum

Museu de Marinha
Entrance of the museum
Location	Lisbon
Coordinates	38°41′49.55″N 9°12′29.30″W / 38.6970972°N 9.2081389°W / 38.6970972; -9.2081389
Type	maritime museum

The Navy Museum (

, as well as a modern annex built to the north of the monastery.

The history of the museum is connected to King Luís I (1838–1889), who had a strong interest in oceanographic studies and an accomplished navigator himself. In 1863, he began collecting items related to the preservation of maritime history of Portugal, a collection that was enlarged in the following decades, culminating in the inauguration of the Maritime Museum in 1963 in its present location.

The exhibits include historical paintings, archaeological items and many scale models of ships used in Portugal since the 15th century, a collection of navigations instruments and maps, royal barges, as well as the

flying boat.

External links

• Museu de Marinha website (in Portuguese).
• Photos of ships in the museum, from visit in September 2010