Museo Naval de Madrid

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The entrance to the museum is located in a modern extension on the Paseo del Prado
The rooms of the museum are located inside the representative admiralty building
Model of the frigate Santa Rosalía from 1770 in one of the two glass-roofed atriums

Museo Naval de Madrid is a maritime museum in the Spanish capital, Madrid .

location

In 1931, the museum opened at the headquarters of the Armada Española , the Navy. It is in close proximity to the Prado and Reina Sofia museums in the area of ​​the Triángulo del Arte .

description

The collection from the holdings of the Spanish Navy, founded in 1792, changed its location several times in the 19th century until it was housed in the Admiralty building built between 1915 and 1928 in 1930. The museum is subordinate to the Spanish Ministry of Defense and is managed by the Navy.

Inside there are numerous shipping maps from the time of the Catholic Kings and later epochs, which tell of the Spanish voyages of discovery and the colonized countries of South America. In addition to wooden models from past centuries and numerous portraits of Spanish seafarers, designs for the first submarines and torpedoes up to the 20th century are on display. The most famous exhibit in the Museo Naval is a map of the world from 1500, which first depicted the coast of America. It was made by the cartographer Juan de la Cosa , a companion to Christopher Columbus .

Structure of the exhibition

  • Plastic and decorative items
  • weapons
  • Coin Cabinet
  • shipbuilding
  • ethnography
  • Uniforms and Awards
  • Library

Others

In 1944, a film of the same name, Museo Naval, was shot at this location. The director and screenwriter of the short film was Luis Suárez de Lezo.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catálogo descriptivo de los objetos que contiene el Museo Naval, list of the exhibits 1853.
  2. ↑ Luis Suárez de Lezo in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Web links

Commons : Museo Naval, Madrid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Camino lvarez Alonso, Pilar Peñalba: Catálogo de medallas históricas del Museo Naval de Madrid. Museo Naval, Madrid 2002, (Ed.) Fundación Alvargonzález.
  • Piezas arqueológicas de la nao San Diego en el Museo Naval de Madrid. (Ed.) Museo Naval, Madrid 1999.
  • Catálogo descriptivo de los objetos que contiene el Museo Naval, con biografías abreviadas de Jefes y Oficiales de la Armada. (Ed.) Imprenta del Ministerio de Marina, Madrid 1808.
  • Catálogo descriptivo de los objetos que contiene el Museo Naval. (Ed.) Imprenta del Vapor, Madrid 1853.
  • Catálogo descriptivo de los objetos que contiene el Museo Naval. (Ed.) Imprenta de Miguel Ginesta, Madrid 1879.
  • Catálogo guía del Museo Naval de Madrid. (Ed.) Imprenta Aldecoa, Burgos 1834.
  • Ricardo Cerezo Martinez: La forma de la tierra. Medición del meridiano, 250 aniversario. (Ed.) Museo Naval, Madrid 1987.

Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 3 ° 41 ′ 34.1 ″  W.