Port Museum
Port Museum
CULTURAL SPACE | Architecture and exhibition design go hand in hand in the new museum project
Since summer 2020, the Port has been working on a comprehensive rehabilitation of the city’s cultural and historical space. After almost a year, the work has culminated in the conversion of a warehouse built in the first decades of the twentieth century into a modern exhibition space for the Port’s heritage collection. It is now a new and exciting museum thanks to its advanced audiovisual and interactive resources.
The Port of Tarragona Museum conserves and disseminates the maritime and port heritage, making it available to the public who visits it. In 2020, a comprehensive intervention was carried out both in the building and in the museography.
We are part of the Register of Museums of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Network of Museums of the counties of Tarragona and Terres de l'Ebre, the System of the Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia, the Sea of Museums and the Association of Maritime Museums of the Mediterranean.
This is an ideal building in which to display the port's heritage collection, given the large volume of many of the pieces on display. The breadth of space offered by this former warehouse has allowed us to propose an integrative discourse with the exhibits.
For many years now, the Port has devoted the facilities on the Costa Wharf to civic and cultural uses and, over the years, it has been responsible for recovering and safeguarding the maritime and port heritage of our coast.
We present a journey through the history of the port from the time the Romans first landed to the present day. The exhibits tell us of life on the docks, the types of fishing, sporting activities, and the vessels and cargos linked to our seas.
Virtual visite Museu del Port
PHOTO GALLERY
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