Navy Museum (Portugal)

Maritime museum in Lisbon

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
Ship model in the Maritime Museum.

The Navy Museum (Portuguese: Museu de Marinha) is a maritime museum in Lisbon, dedicated to all aspects of the history of navigation in Portugal. The museum is administered by the Portuguese Navy and is located in the tourist district of Belém. It occupies a part of the neo-Manueline western wing of the Jerónimos Monastery with the National Museum of Archaeology, 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 Fairey III "Santa Cruz" that crossed the Atlantic in 1923, and the Portuguese Navy's first aircraft, an FBA Type B flying boat.

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## External links

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* Museu de Marinha website (in Portuguese).

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Portuguese Navy

* Category

Leadership|

* Chief of Staff of the Navy
* Ministry of National Defence

Structure & Units|

* Marine Corps
* Sappers Divers Group
* Special Actions Detachment
* Lisbon Naval Base

Ships|

| Submarines|

* Tridente class

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Frigates|

* Bartolomeu Dias class
* Vasco da Gama class

Corvettes|

* Baptista de Andrade class
* João Coutinho class

Patrol vessels|

* Viana do Castelo class
* Centauro class
* Argos class
* Tejo class
* Rio Minho

Survey vessels|

* Dom Carlos I class
* Andrómeda class

Sailing vessels|

* NRP Sagres
* UAM Creoula

Training|

* Naval School

History & Culture|

* Marine Academy
* Navy Museum
* Frigate Dom Fernando II e Glória
* Historical ships

Other topics|

* Navy ranks
* Maritime Authority System
* STRIKFORNATO
* European Maritime Force
* ENVC Shipyard
* Alfeite Arsenal
* Portuguese Naval Aviation

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Belém, Lisbon

Buildings|

* Belém Palace
* Belém Tower
* Berardo Collection Museum
* Belém Cultural Centre
* Electricity Museum
* Estádio do Restelo
* Jerónimos Monastery
* Museu de Arte Popular
* Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
* National Archaeology Museum (Lisbon)
* National Coach Museum
* Navy Museum (Portugal)
* Padrão dos Descobrimentos
* Tejo Power Station

Public spaces|

* Afonso de Albuquerque Square
* Praça do Império

Gastronomy|

* Pastel de nata

Events|

* Portuguese World Exhibition

Authority control databases |

* VIAF
* WorldCat

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