Museo Naval (Barco)

The importance of transportation to the island of La Palma has always been vital, so there is the possibility of visiting the Naval Museum of Santa Cruz de la Palma. The museum is located very close to the Castle of the Virgin, but the most curious thing is that it is aboard The Boat of the Virgin of the Snows, a reproduction of the skull of Cristóbal Columbus that led him to discover America back in 1492. The ship that is now a naval museum has become one of the symbols of the city, which undoubtedly has a seafaring tradition of centuries.

It should be noted that the Naval Museum of Santa Cruz de La Palma has an important collection of objects such as navigational charts, instruments that served the ancient sailors to orientate themselves in high sea, models, graphic documentation, journalistic documentation with an important historical value and large amount of naval material that has been used throughout history.

The collection of elements found in the naval museum is endless, figureheads, logbooks, riparian carpentry tools and many documents that show the importance of navigation for the island.