Malta Maritime Museum
The Malta Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Birgu, Malta. It is housed in the former Royal Naval Bakery, which was built in the 1840s as the main bakery for the Mediterranean Fleet.Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Birgu, Malta
- Also known as: “Mużew Marittimu ta‘ Malta”
- Address: Il-Birgu (Vittoriosa), BRG 1721
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence and Inquisitor’s Palace.
Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence
Church
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Collegiate church of Saint Lawrence is an old Church situated in Birgu in Malta.
Inquisitor’s Palace
Museum
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Inquisitor's Palace, also known as the Sacred Palace, is a palace in Birgu, Malta. It was the seat of the Maltese Inquisition from 1574 to 1798, under the name Palazzo del Sant'Officio. Inquisitor’s Palace is situated 160 metres east of Malta Maritime Museum.
Fort St. Angelo
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort St. Angelo is a bastioned fort in Birgu, Malta, located at the centre of the Grand Harbour. It was originally built in the medieval period as a castle called the Castrum Maris. Fort St. Angelo is situated 510 metres northwest of Malta Maritime Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birgu and Senglea.
Birgu
Town
Photo: Xwejnusgozo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birgu, also known by its title Città Vittoriosa, is an old fortified city on the south side of the Grand Harbour in the Port Region of Malta. The city occupies a promontory of land with Fort Saint Angelo at its head and the city of Cospicua at its base.
Senglea
Town
Photo: Xwejnusgozo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Senglea, also known by its title Città Invicta, is a fortified city in the Port Region of Malta. It is one of the Three Cities in the Grand Harbour area, the other two being Cospicua and Vittoriosa, and has a population of approximately 2,720 people.
Cospicua
Town
Photo: SpectreOfMalta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cospicua or Bormla is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta. It served as the principal port of Phoenician Malta and, through Greek, Latin, and Arabic, may have given its name to the island and country.
Malta Maritime Museum
- Categories: maritime museum, tourist attraction, building, and tourism
- Location: Il-Birgu, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
35.88775° or 35° 53′ 16″ northLongitude
14.52081° or 14° 31′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8F7PVGQC+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 240871554OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3013993
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Malta Maritime Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մալթայի ծովային թանգարան”
- Basque: “Maltako Itsas Museoa”
- French: “musée maritime de Malte”
- French: “Musée maritime de Malte”
- German: “Malta Maritime Museum”
- Indonesian: “Museum Maritim Malta”
- Javanese: “Muséum Maritim Malta”
- Maltese: “Il-Mużew Marittimu ta‘ Malta”
- Maltese: “Mużew Marittimu ta’ Malta”
- Polish: “Malta Muzeum Morskie”
- Polish: “Muzeum Morskie Malty”
- Spanish: “Museo maritimo de Malta”
- Spanish: “Museo marítimo de Malta”
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