Naval Oceanographic Museum

The Naval Oceanographic Museum is a popular Brazilian museum located in the heart of Rio de Janeiro and entirely dedicated to the country’s maritime history.

The Naval Museum is housed in an ancient mansion of the nineteenth century, and its entire exposition occupies seven large halls. Here you can see many interesting exhibits - models of medieval galleons, various marine equipment, items from sunken ships, ancient geographical maps and ship equipment. A separate room is dedicated to war and warships. Here are collected a variety of ship and anti-ship weapons - guns, sea mines, torpedoes and much more. Navy awards and other insignia are also widely represented.

In general, the Naval Oceanographic Museum will be of interest to all fans of the sea and navigation. The richest collection attracts tens of thousands of tourists to the museum every year.