Naval Museum of Madrid
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  Location of Museo Naval de Madrid | |
| Established | 1843[1] |
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| Location | Paseo del Prado 5 Madrid, Spain |
| Type | Naval museum |
| Website | www.armada.mde.es/museonaval |
The Museo Naval de Madrid —in English, Naval Museum of Madrid— is a national museum in Madrid, Spain. It shows the history of the Spanish Navy since the Catholic Monarchs, in the 15th century, up to the present. It also hosts several navigation instruments, weapons, maps and paintings.
Its origins date back to 1792, but it was not until 1843 when the Museum was inaugurated in Madrid. It was finally moved to its current location at the Spanish Navy Headquarters in 1932.[1]
The map of Juan de la Cosa, the earliest preserved map of the Americas,[2] is hosted in this museum.[1]
Since 2007, the museum hosts one gram of moon rock on the Apollo 17 lunar sample display in its Sala del Real Patronato, a few meters away from public reach.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Robles, Luis A. "Juan de la Cosa's Projection: A Fresh Analysis of the Earliest Preserved Map of the Americas". Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "La piedra lunar que EEUU regaló a España, estrella de la 'Noche en Blanco' de Madrid". Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- Pictures of ship models in the museum, from visit in May 2009 High resolution photos
