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Founded in 1999, The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is the only worldwide network dedicated to transforming places that preserve the past into dynamic spaces that promote civic action. With 200 member
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Museo del Mare
At Galata Museo del Mare you come aboard and learn about the lives of sailors, passengers and emigrants. The largest Maritime Museum stands out among Italian maritime museums for the quality and innovation of its reconstructions.
Navigate through history
Even today, meeting a very diverse audience made up of people different for ages and levels of education, and often also living far away from the sea and its culture, the Galata “impresses” through its ability to immerse visitors in accurate reconstructions of great scientific and formal quality, aimed at achieving the best representation of an era, typology of ship and the kind of on board life.
Navigate through history
Even today, meeting a very diverse audience made up of people different for ages and levels of education, and often also living far away from the sea and its culture, the Galata “impresses” through its ability to immerse visitors in accurate reconstructions of great scientific and formal quality, aimed at achieving the best representation of an era, typology of ship and the kind of on board life.
DISCOVER MORENazario Sauro
The Nazario Sauro, the largest Italian submarine that can be visited still afloat is moored in front of the Galata Museo del Mare. An integral part of the AcquarioVillage offering, the Nazario Sauro gives visitors a chance to experience the living conditions of submariners aboard a real submarine.
DISCOVER MOREMEM
MEM – Memory and Migration section is dedicated to Italian emigration by sea and to the recent phenomenon of immigration to Italy.
The path, covering an area of 1200 square metres, with more than 40 multimedia stations tells how migrations have left – and are still leaving – their mark on the Italian society.
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Promotori Musei del MareTHE NUMBERS OF THE MUSEUM
200,000
People visiting the museum every year
People visiting the museum every year
Over 10,000
Square meters of exhibition
Square meters of exhibition
28
Rooms dedicated to exhibitions
Rooms dedicated to exhibitions
4,300
The original objects preserved in the museum
The original objects preserved in the museum