Museo Storico Navale

Museo Storico Navale

The entrance to the Museo Storico Navale
Established	1919
Location	Castello, Venice
Coordinates	45.43275°N 12.34997°E / 45.43275; 12.34997
Type	Naval history
Website	Museo Storico Navale

The Museo Storico Navale is a naval history museum located in the Castello district of Venice, near the Venetian Arsenal. The museum was established by the Regia Marina (the Italian Royal Navy) in 1919. Its collections include items relating to the naval and maritime history of Venice, and it has a large number of ship models and weapons on display.

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  The Tegetthoff anchor. Tegetthoff is an oceanographic vessel with sails and an auxiliary engine.
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  Entrance : Monumento All'Ammiraglio Angelo Emo by Antonio Canova.
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  Sailing gun of 9 pounds in bronze and iron, used on military and merchant ships between the 16th and 17th centuries. Found off the Lido of Venice.
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  16th-century Venetian canon - Work by Marco di Conti.
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  Turkish bronze mortar, side view
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  120 - Pounder culverin with the muzzle cut 16th century; Originating from the fortress of Famagusta.
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  12-Pounder, breech-loading fork gun, to launch stone cannonballs. 16th centuries
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  10-barrel machine gun.
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  35 mm Trench Gun (World war I).
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  Model of mortar of the XVIIth century
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  World War II - Combat swimmer's equipment.

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  Fortress of Chania, island of Crete
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  The town of Nafplio in the Peloponnesus.
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  Palmanova - Porta Udine

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  Lantern from a 16th-century Venetian galley
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  Model of the Bucentaur (Venetian ship).
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  Terminal decorations on the sides of a Genoese galley (18th century)
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  Sculptures of the flagship bastard galley Francesco Morosini, 1684
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  Sculptures of the flagship bastard galley Francesco Morosini, 1684
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  Balcony of a Venetian galley, bearing the Grimani family coat of arms (17th century)
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  Leone Marciano, formerly the stern ornament of the brigantine ‘San Marco’ – (18th century)
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  Ornamental frieze from the frigate of the royal Sadrinian navy - (18éme century)
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  Boat for navigating underwater

External links

• Media related to Museo storico navale (Venice) at Wikimedia Commons