The Maritime Museum’s collections are extremely rich and varied. They include pieces ranging from a ship that still sails to a postal stamp, or from a steam engine to a 14th-century manuscript. Of course, they also include everything you expect to find in a maritime museum: binnacles, anchors, model ships, navigational tools, etc. In other words, all sorts of documents and objects from the miniscule to the huge, from all different periods and made of all sorts of materials. For decades, the Museum has gathered examples of the maritime past, a heritage that reminds us of the lives of seafarers, the histories of ships and maritime activities in peacetime or war.
We would like to offer a selection of objects and documents that are notable for their historical interest, their rarity or their aesthetic value. These can give you a general idea of the content of the Museum’s collection. However, do not forget that there is a great deal beyond this selection, with thousands of artefacts and documents that you can discover using our search engine or other resources.
We encourage you to take a stroll through some of the key pieces in our Museum’s collection, grouped into twelve categories to help you keep your bearings.
Model of the steamship Romeu
Model shipsThis steamer and its sister ship, the Escolano, were built by the Compañía Valenciana de Vapores Correos de África in 1918 at the factory of the Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval in Cartagena. The Romeu became part of the fleet of the Compañía Trasmediterránea soon after its creation, and had a long career. In 1975, the last we know of the ship is that under the new name Enrique Nvó it became part of the Navy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Because of its quality, it is possible that this model comes from the shipyard where the craft was built. It was probably given to the shipowner, and some years later the Compañía Trasatlántica donated it to the Museum.
