Maritime Museum (Pomorski musej) description and photos - Montenegro: Kotor (Topic)

Maritime Museum (Pomorski musej) description and photos - Montenegro: Kotor. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. Title in English - Pomorski musej.

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The Maritime Museum is the pride of Kotor, it presents the richest maritime history of the Black Sea coast and the Bay of Kotor. The museum is located in an old building, which was formerly (in the 18th century) the Grgurinsky Palace. It belonged to the Grgurin family, who were very famous here. The architecture of the building belongs to the late Baroque.

The expositions of the museum are diverse and will be of interest to everyone who is not indifferent to the maritime history of not only Montenegro, but the whole world as a whole.

At the front door of the museum visitors are offered to see two weapons of the 18th century - they belong to the period when the city was actively attacked by pirates. The museum also displays 6 engravings made of bronze and illustrating the greatest historical events. Among these events: the siege of Cairo-Ed-Din by the Algerian Bey, which was carried out not without the help of Selim, the emperor of the Turks (also known as Barbarossa or "Red Beard").

In addition to general historical exhibits, in the museum you can view ship logs, see models various sea vessels and all kinds of sailboats. The remains of ships, ship furniture, marine accessories, compasses, flags and, of course, portraits of famous captains are also kept here. The archives of the museum carefully preserve a copy of the maritime charter of Boka Kotorska.

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