Maritime Museum of Ílhavo

The Maritime Museum of Ílhavo was founded in 1937, originally as a testament to the memories of the local communities who created it, their ethnography and vocation as fishers and sailors. The museum was and still is a witness to the strong relation between the people of Ílhavo and the sea and the Aveiro lagoon. The Faina Maior – cod fishing with lines and hooks in single man dories in Newfoundland and Greenland – as well as the agro-maritime activities are the patrimonial references of the museum.

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Each of the themes is present in a permanent exhibition offering the visitor the possibility to find traces of a recent past. In the seas room, the third permanent exhibition of the museum, one can find a varied selection of boat models that express the diversity of the Portuguese maritime patrimony and the bond between the local people and the sea.

Besides the richness of its collections and exhibitions, the building where the museum is located, opened in 2001, is itself a public masterpiece, a beautiful example of critically acclaimed modern architecture. Visiting the maritime museum of Ílhavo is embarking on an adventure of the senses, knowledge and pleasure.