Galata Museum of the Sea
It is
the largest and most innovative sea museum of the Mediterranean, with a 10,000 sqm area set in a stone-and-glass building, a work by Guillermo Vasquéz Consuegra.
It outlines the evolution of the maritime town’s port using an approach which is not exclusively scientific, in that it gives ample space to interactive and multimedia-related aspects. One of the museum’s gems is the
faithful reconstruction of a 17th-century Genoese galley (being 40m long) placed upon its original slipway.
Visitors can explore the
Arsenal rooms, see the Darsena
armoury, go aboard
a 19th-century brigantine, finally going through a Cape Horn tempest recreated through virtual reality.
Galata has recently renovated the 3rd floor with exhibitions and arrangements on themes related to Italian emigration, such as the
Sala del Piroscafo ("Steamship Hall", from whose helmsroom, thanks to sophisticated software, you can virtually set sail for the world’s seas) and the
great exhibition called “La Merica !” Among the other exhibitions you can find the
Waterfront Plan (“Affresco”) by Renzo Piano and the panoramic terrace
MIRAGenova.
Starting in spring 2010, the
submarine Nazario Sauro will be open to public touring, thus becoming the first museum-ship in Italy to be visited underwater. The outer premises, enriched with historical cranes of the industrial age, all together make up the
Galata Open Air Museum.
link at official website link at Submarine Nazario Saurio website
Other venues
Via Garibaldi 11, Genoa, Italy
Via Garibaldi 9-11-18, Genova, Italy
Corso Dogali 18, Genova, Italy
Piazza della Commenda, Genova, Italy
Piazza Bonavino, 7 , Genova, Italy
Via J. Ruffini, 3, Genova, Italy
Piazza Sarzano 35R, Genova, Italy
Piazzale Mazzini, 4 , Genova, Italy
Via Brigata Liguria 9, Genova, Italy
Via Lomellini 11, Genova, Italy
Via Capolungo 3, Genova, Italy
Via Capolungo, 9, Genova, Italy
Viale Mafalda di Savoia, 3, Genova, Italy
Via Serra Gropallo, 4, Genova, Italy
Via Pallavicini 11, Genova, Italy
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