Museu Maritim de Barcelona

    Prior to visiting the the Maritim museum I had not known much about the history of Barcelona's ports. I found this trip to be very interesting and learned a lot. The museum used to be a ship yard where large ships would be created and stored. The museum only currently opened its doors to show off its partially finished renovations of the buliding. Since 1929 numerous exhibits have been built up that showcase catalan seafaring culture. The ship that was on exhibit was massive with detailed design work. Crews would spend long months and months creating these lavish ships that could be destroyed easily in a few battles. The purpose was to showcase class and power with beautiful ships. The picture below will gives you a good sense of how big the ship is compared to me.