I visit this place with a friend last month and it was a verry interesting visit, I've learned so much about Barcelona and the way this city take place in naval history. It was a great experience; we were practically alone in the museum so we could take time to hang-out and paid attention to the details of the wonderful ship models. The only thing I regret is that all the information were in English or in Spanish and my native language is French so I didn't understand everything. But at least I practiced my English 👌I recommend this museum to everyone it is such an underrated place.

This museum will appeal to lovers of both maritime/naval and architectural history. Situated in the restored Barcelona Royal Shipyard buildings (construction started in the 13th century), this museum will particularly appeal to those interested in the days of the galleys, leading up to the Battle of Lepanto (1571), and naval warfare in the western Mediterranean. The key feature is a replica galley built in 1971 to commemorate Lepanto's 400th anniversary. There are also exhibits covering the transition from sail to steam and Spain's (particularly Catalonia's) role in developing a global empire and trading network. Definitely worth a visit! It is appropriately situated next to the monument celebrating Christopher Columbus!

I visited your museum on September 10. I was horrified at the museum display comparing the explorers to tech giants. Tech giants work in air-conditioned offices while sipping coffee. The explorers sailed into the unknown, on ships that started to deteriorate immediately, and always ran out of food. The museum bashes both equally. I am no fan of tech giants, but they are successful entrepreneurs. Shame on your museum. By the way, I am female.

Beautiful Building from the outside. Bit diffucult to find dur to constriction site of Barcelona. Its really gigantic and a lot of stuff to see. And for 10 Euro one of the Best Museum in Barcelona. Must have i would say.

Visited on Monday 20/11/23 10 Euro entry fee. The building housing the Museum, the Drassanes Reials de Barcelona (Royal Shipyards of Barcelona), is a Gothic architectural complex built over 700 years ago, the contents of which focused on the activities at the site over the years as well as housing a recreation of the Royal Galley. The Royal Galley is the highlight and it's interesting the details of how the Spanish viewed the British decision to ban slavery, as the text on descriptions of the Spanish attitude to it appears to glorify the Spanish attempts to avoid the impacts of that ban.

We chiefly wanted to incorporate visiting this museum into our exploration of the waterfront to try the menu del dia as recommended by roadtripspainandportugal.com , one of the YouTube channels we watched before our trip. However, we made the classic tourist mistake of forgetting that museums on weekdays can be full of school parties! The museum itself is very well presented, and it's great to see the old shipbuilding sheds reused while keeping their link with matters nautical. It would be a great option for a rainy ( or too hot) day if you want to give your kids space to run around. Once we had seen enough of the exhibits we went to the restaurant and were alarmed to see a lot of tables with "reserved" signs, while most of the rest were occupied, including one large school party. In fairness to the staff they did find us a table quickly, but they were clearly understaffed as in the 15 minutes we sat there no- one brought us a menu. One member of staff was behind the bar one collected frozen desserts for the school party and the other was rushing about, but I was not sure why. After 15 minutes, with no menu and not having seen any orders taken OR delivered to the other tables, we gave up and went elsewhere.

Love this museum- it explains 700 years of history, has beautiful exhibits and a lovely garden area and restaurant. Located close to the beach. Very informative. And the Spanish Galleon is amazing when you step into the main building. You can go up to the top of the ship on platforms to view it from above. Tickets are inexpensive.

We visited the museum, because it was free on Sundays. The documentation and explanation of the exhibits leaves much to be desidered and follows rather old concepts. The motion picture is nice, but of littel information value. The by far best exhibits is the replica of the Lepanto galley that served Juan d'Austria as flagship.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to this wonderful museum. The building and site housing the museum has its own amazing history and is perfect for capturing the maritime history of this area. The cost was only 10 euros and was worth every cent as the museum has so much to offer