The Museu de la Mar is the most recent museum in Dénia. Hundreds of pieces from different centuries are exhibited in it, all of them related to fishing, the port and, ultimately, the Dianense sea. In fact, it is located in the same port of Dénia and access to its interior is completely free.
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History
The Museu de la Mar was one of the projects most demanded by the Culture area of the consistory. With its rich fishing tradition, its strategic port and a history of battles and shipwrecks without equal, it was to be expected that Dénia would bet on taking a tour of what the sea has contributed to it for centuries by betting on a great exhibition.
In June 2019, the museum became a reality. The most emblematic cultural space in recent years was inaugurated in a restored fish market that went from selling seafood to telling stories of sailors.
What to see
It is a museum dedicated to the sea, inside which there are more than 400 pieces related to the maritime history of Dénia. These belong to different periods, ranging from the XNUMXth century BC to the recent XNUMXth century.
Exposed pieces
Most of the pieces come from donations made over the last decades, which were either kept in warehouses waiting to see the light or were part of the exhibitions of other museums in the city.
Virtual tour through history
In addition to the hundreds of pieces on display, at the Museu de la Mar you can find a room where you can take a tour of the maritime history of Dénia through audiovisual files projected on a screen. In this way, you can enjoy thematic exhibitions such as fishing, seafaring traditions, devotions, the progress of research in underwater archeology and a whole series of chapters of the blue mosaic of Dénia & Mar.
Where is
The location of the Museu de la Mar is almost one more element of the exhibition. The building that houses this huge sample is a key element to understand the maritime history of the city, especially related to the fishing trade. It is an old fish market where the fish caught every morning by the Dianense boats were sold and auctioned, which closed in 1997.
The building was left in disuse due to its poor condition, until in 2019 it reopened, showing a renewed face after long works to restore it and modernize its image.
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The museum is located in the port of Dénia, next to the Cervantes esplanade. An ideal location as it invites you to enjoy the history of Dianense fishing and sailing while watching the boats and water through the windows and the smell of the sea invades the place.
TIMETABLE
The Museu de la Mar is open practically all year long. From Monday to Sunday it remains open, except for the days of Christmas (December 25) and New Years (January 1). Similarly, the afternoons of December 24 and 31 are usually closed.
Apart from these exceptions, the museum opens in two shifts: the morning shift, from 10 a.m. to 13 p.m., and the afternoon shift, from 16 p.m. to 20 p.m. This from October to April, since between May and September, the tourist season, the schedule is adapted, keeping the morning the same but delaying the opening and closing hours in the afternoons by one hour. Thus, between May and September the afternoons are open from 17:21 p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
Price
Like most museums and exhibition halls in the city, there is no price list in this one. The Museu de la Mar is completely free.
Photos
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Several ships exhibited at the Museu de la Mar
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Ceramic tableware of different origins and a lead ingot
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Campania ceramic tableware
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Probes and lead ring
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Hall The Treasures of the Sea of Dénia
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Remains of china found on the sunken ship Parthenon
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Remains of the frigate La Guadalupe, sunk in Dénia
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Replica of the interior of the Santa Ana ship with different original parts
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Projectiles, stock inserts and knife handles
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% 22 to 32 pound howitzer shells% 22
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XNUMXth century wooden pulleys
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Meerschaum and ceramic pipes to mold
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Furniture pieces, keys and candle holders from the late XNUMXth century
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Navigation patent granted by Alfonso XIII in 1916
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Photographic exhibition hall at the Museu de la Mar
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Oil on anonymous canvas% 22Naval battle% 22
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First class ship of the line
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Eighteenth century 74-gun warship
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Museu de la Mar from the Cervantes esplanade, with the Posit behind
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Museum of the Sea of Dénia
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Gold and silver coins with the coat of arms of Carlos IV and Carlos III
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Spanish galleon model of 1540
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Models of fishing boats in the exhibition of the Museu de la Mar
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Model of the English galleon Prince Royal
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Lute Don José and, on him, a lantern, a carrycot of longlines and buoys
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Vases and pieces of crockery in front of reproductions of the ships La Pinta, La Niña and Santa María
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XNUMXth century jug from Al-Andalus
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XNUMXth century royal galley
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English galleon Sovereing of the Seas
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Italian pottery shards
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Photographs of Dénia from 1915 donated by Emilio Oliver
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1915 photographs of Dénia donated by Emilio Oliver
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Falconet or culverin quarter, false chamber
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Rear exterior facade of the Museu de la Mar
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Exhibitors at the Museu de la Mar
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French sculptures sunk in Dénia, and behind a portrait of Queen Margaret of Austria
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Sculpture found in the sea of Dénia and exhibited in the Museu de la Mar
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Bronze sculpture baptized as Toro Castera
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The treasure of La Guadalupe, made up of coins from Carlos IIi and IV
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The museum, located between the Cervantes esplanade and the port
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XNUMXth century rosary dredger
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Dry dock with perimeter steps
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Culverin room or falconet, false chamber, and howitzer shells
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Collection of amphorae from the XNUMXrd centuries BC. and I AD.
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Anchor strains from the XNUMXst and XNUMXnd century
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Pitchers, vases and probes found in the sea
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Photo camera, accessories and photography materials from the late nineteenth century
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Perulena jug
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Amphorae and fragments of wine amphorae from the XNUMXst and XNUMXnd centuries
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Greco-Italic and Hispanic Amphorae
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Wine amphora from the XNUMXth century BC
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Wine amphora from the Nile region
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On the right, a photograph of the first boat to moor at the new docks of Dénia in 1935, and on the left, a fragment of a plate with the legend% 22 La Felguera% 22
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On the right, the Dutch ship Friesland, on the left the first class ship Santa Ana
A magnificent Museum, simple but intense and well exposed. Worthy of being a flirtatious European reference if it were not for the fact that the reviews of the pieces are written only in the Valencian language, which greatly impoverishes the enriching desire of the Museum. Come on, most of the people who visit it do not understand what is exposed.
A shame the narrow-mindedness of who made that decision. From "Universal" to "redneck". But rectifiable. Excuse the offended language.
Francesc, also Soc Dianense.
As a regular visitor to Denia, and apartment owner from the UK, I think this is one of Denia's great attractions.
It has a fabulous collection of model galleons, fishing boats etc, very interesting historical photographs and interesting relics recovered from the sea giving an insight into the long history of Denia.
An exhibition which is as good as anywhere and to be proud of.
As a regular visitor to Denia, and apartment owner from the UK, I think this is one of Denia's great attractions. It has a fabulous collection of model galleons, fishing boats etc, very interesting historical photographs and interesting relics recovered from the sea giving an insight into to the long history of Denia. An exhibition which is as good as anywhere and to be proud of.
It is curious, but it is not a museum of the sea. It is from man-made things that have been found in the sea, which is not the same. I do not understand that there is nothing alive in that museum (aquariums) or information about what is alive in the sea. I do not know if it is due to ignorance or laziness, but both are negative. Dianenses, make you look at your laziness not ignorance of the sea.
You have not understood our museum, which talks about the history of our coasts and the finds found in it.
As a local, I am very happy with our museum, in which historical pieces are exhibited.
A museum that is a source of pride for a small town like Denia.
You have not understood anything, dear Antonio Jose, I think you are the one who has to make him look at it.