Museu Marítim de Barcelona

MARITIME MUSEUM OF BARCELONA

The Museu Marítim de Barcelona (MMB) was created in 1936, and is a
public institution devoted to promoting maritime culture and, particularly,
the conservation, preservation and dissemination of Catalonia’s maritime
cultural heritage.

The MMB has very close connections with the city of Barcelona, both because
of its own history and because of the building in which it stands – the
monumental structure of the Royal Shipyards of Barcelona.

The building
The monumental structure of the Drassanes Reials (Royal Shipyards of Barcelona) is over 700 years old. It was constructed in the 13th century as a place to build and maintain the galleys and vessels of war of the King of Aragon Pere “the Great”. It is one of the most important buildings in the world.