Maritime Museum and Shipwreck Galleries description and photos - Australia: Fremantle (Topic)

Maritime Museum and Shipwreck Galleries description and photos - Australia: Fremantle. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Maritime Museum and Shipwreck Galleries.

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The Maritime Museum and Shipwreck Gallery is a division of the Museum of Western Australia located in Fremantle. In addition to these, the museum also has branches in Perth, Albany, Geraldton and Calgoorley Boulder.

Located on the historic Victoria Waterfront in Fremantle, the impressive Maritime Museum building houses collections on the Indian Ocean, Swan River (Swan River), fisheries, maritime trade and naval defense. One of the most interesting exhibits in the museum is the yacht Australia II, which won the 1983 America's Cup. Next to the museum is the Ovens, an Oberon-class submarine, open to the public with a guide. This is Australia's first submarine converted into a museum piece.

Not far from the Maritime Museum, on Cliff Street, is the Shipwreck Gallery, recognized as the main museum of marine archeology in the southern hemisphere and a place where the remains of shipwrecks are protected. The museum occupies a building built in the 1850s, which was formerly the city's Commissariat. The museum's exhibits include the reconstructed hull of the Dutch ship Batavia, which crashed off the coast of Western Australia in 1629, and the engine recovered from the SS Xantho, which sank in 1872. This engine is the only surviving example of a high-speed and high-pressure marine engine produced in series. Visitors can try starting it manually. In 1980, the museum began developing the Museum Without Borders program, which allows visitors to see the remains of shipwrecks outside the walls of the building, and in real scenery - on the ocean.

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