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Thursday, 1 January 2015

Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo

Maritime Museum of Ílhavo

This school break I visited the Maritime Museum of Aveiro with my family. This museum - founded in 1937 and renovated in 2001 - aims to preserve the memory of hard sea work and disseminate the Portuguese culture and maritime identity.
The cod fishery in Newfoundland and Greenland and the chores at the "Ria de Aveiro" are the main attractions of the museum.
Since 2013,  it also includes a huge codfish aquarium.

This museum also includes a ship-museum called Santo André, a former trawler and part of the Portuguese cod-fleet, which is anchored in the maritime port of Aveiro.