The Maritime Museum was founded in 1925. The museum collects, researches, preserves and presents the tangible and intangible maritime heritage of the Croatian Adriatic coast, from prehistory to the present day. The museum is located in the Gripe Fortress. The fortress, which is completely preserved and built in the 17th century. There is a large number of exhibits in the courtyard of the fortress. One of them is the steamer "Bakar", one of the seven halves that are part of the museum. In the museum we can also see an exhibition dedicated to merchant shipping, the development of ships, sailing ships, steamships and motor boats.Wooden anchors and amphorae mostly originate from the place where the ships were sunk.
What is very impressive are the chickens from Korčula sailing ships from the 19th century. The ship's logs of the Austro-Hungarian expedition of the sailing ship "Novara" and portraits of captains from the 19th century testify to the navigation of Croatian sailors on distant seas. Models of steamboats and auxiliary items show the first tourist trips by steamboats.
Ticket price for the Maritime Museum
Regular ticket price: 20 kuna
Reduced ticket price: 10 kuna - for students
Opening hours of the Maritime Museum
From October 1 to May 31, the museum is open every day from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 15:00, on Saturdays from 9:00 to 19:00, on Sundays it is NOT WORKING.
From June 1 to September 31, the museum is open from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm, it is NOT open on Sundays
Author of the article
Ana Lazarević - correspondent for Split
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