Musée maritime, fluvial et portuaire de Rouen
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| place | Portuaire hangar n ° 13, Quai Émile Duchemin, 76000 Rouen |
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| opening | 1999 |
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The musée maritime, fluvial et portuaire de Rouen tells the story of the port of Rouen , one of the largest ports in France . It opened in 1999 during the Armada Rouen .
Themes and exhibits
The main themes of the museum are:
- the history of the port with many photographs, and a room about the destruction of the Second World War
- the layout of the port and the works on the Seine in the 19th century
- the great sailing ships of Rouen, with a space over the nickel freighters between New Caledonia and France
- the merchant navy , with many models of cargo ships that also docked near the warehouse where the museum is located
- the river navigation (see barge Pompon Rouge )
- the shipbuilding
- the whaling
- the history of the submarines , with a replica of the interior of the Nautilus by Robert Fulton
Among the items on display are engines from barges and fish steamers, a fog bell that was once located at the mouth of the Risle , a diving suit and a replica of a radio cabin from a ship from the 1960s.
A whale skeleton (on loan from the Museum d'histoire naturelle de Rouen ) is displayed in the center of the museum. It is a seven year old fin whale that died after being stranded.
The 38-meter-long inland ship Pompon Rouge is located in the museum courtyard. A permanent exhibition on river navigation has been set up in the hold of the ship.
In addition, there are regular special exhibitions on various topics, such as the transporter bridge of Rouen and the Vikings .
Illustrations
General view of the museum
The barge Pompon Rouge
Bilge of the barge
Sulzer engine with 400 HP and a mass of 28 tons, which was intended for a fish steamer (1937)
Model of Marie-Louise Schiaffino
Model of the Petraia
Bell of fog from the mouth of the Risle
Model of the Rouen transporter bridge
Whale skeleton
Replica of the radio cabin of a ship from the 1960s
Model of the battleship Richelieu
Diving suit
Museum building
The museum is housed in a former warehouse of the port, near the Gustav Flaubert Bridge . This hall was built in 1926 and was called Hangar M until the Port autonome de Rouen was founded . It was used by the shipping company Charles Schiaffino , which operated a shipping line to North Africa , to store wine and other goods until the 1970s. During the 1970s, many other shipping companies used the warehouse until it was shut down in 1984 when it no longer had sufficient capacity.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '40.9 " N , 1 ° 3' 38.7" E