Founded on June 1, 1997 to celebrate the centenary of the creation of the Naval School, the Museo Naval de México, located in the port of Veracruz, has 28 rooms, of which 27 are wraparound and display more than 1,700 pieces.
On the occasion of the First Centenary of the Heroic Deed of April 21, 1914, the museum received a museographic improvement. After seven months of work, it was reopened in 2014 as the Museo Naval de México.
What is the objective of the Museo Naval de México?
Its objective is to make known the mission of the Mexican Navy and its contributions to the country, creating a link between the Secretariat of the Mexican Navy and visitors, through a technical, historical and scientific discourse.
Located at 418 Arista Street, in the Historic Center of Veracruz, the museum opens its doors from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a general admission fee of 80 pesos. Children under 12 and seniors pay 60 pesos, while on Wednesdays admission is free.
Among its most notable rooms are exhibits of scale ships, navigation instruments, uniforms and other museum objects. In addition, the museum has modern resources that allow visitors to integrate into the historical chronology and thematic areas.
Naval Museum
Inside, visitors can enjoy scheduled guided tours, a cafeteria, as well as a gift and souvenir shop.
The Naval Museum is interactive, allowing visitors to tour the different spaces and immerse themselves in the history and themes of the museum. Thus, one can understand and comprehend the existence and work of the Mexican Navy, as well as learn about the daily life of those who are part of the institution.
The museum has a main courtyard that houses a helicopter, an armillary sphere as a reduced model of the cosmos from the terrestrial perspective and a mast.
Naval Museum
It also has a lobby, a Plaza de Armas, and rooms dedicated to pre-Hispanic navigation, cartography, the site of Tenochtitlán, the Nao de China, the Independence of Mexico, the occupation of Veracruz, sailors in the Revolution, Carranza, World War II, the Cuauhtémoc Sailboat, weapons, uniforms and the Navy Today.
These rooms preserve and exhibit the most important cultural assets of the Mexican Navy, including scale models of ships and sailboats.
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In addition, visitors can learn about the beginnings of navigation from the pre-Hispanic era to the arrival of the Spanish, and see historical passages such as the attack on the Potrero del Llano ship, which led to Mexico’s intervention in World War II.
It has a lobby, a Plaza de Armas, and rooms dedicated to pre-Hispanic navigation, cartography, the site of Tenochtitlán, the Nao de China, the Independence of Mexico and much more / Raúl Solís/Diario de Xalapa
In the interactive spaces, children can learn about and use artillery up close. There is also a Discovery Room and a navigation simulator specially designed for the little ones.
Source: infobae
