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A truly fantastic day out! If you're spending time in Genoa, I highly recommend a visit to this museum. As an English speaking guest, I found it a bit difficult to understand most of the detailed descriptions of artefacts on display (since all are written in Italian). There are some QR codes dotted around to access a translated version of the displays (there is free WiFi at this museum!). PRO TIP: Download the Google Translate app to your phone! Use this to automatically translate descriptions and live translate conversations into your desired language (to fully understand the interactive videos on the upper floors). BEST BITS: Visit the interactive "Immigration to America" to experience what it was like for millions of Italians migrating to the USA. You can grab a free passport and travel documents at the beginning of this exhibit on the 3rd floor. Take a tour inside a real submarine! The S518 Nazario Sauro is docked in the harbour directly outside the museum. You'll be given a hard-hat and a hairnet at reception at the end of your tour around the museum (just show them your ticket for entry). You can also collect audio guides from this location. Ticket prices (for museum and submarine visit 2022): Adults: 19€ Concessions: 17€ Children from 4-12yrs 14€ (Please note children under 3 cannot go inside the submarine) You can also buy tickets for only the museum at a cheaper rate (prices between 13€ to 8€)
AntoniaAntonia
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Disappointment. If you don’t read Italian and your primary objectives are those outlined below, don’t visit here and pay the bloated entry unless you’re a highly motivated maritime enthusiast. I suspect most foreign tourists, the kind that don’t speak Italian, show up to learn two related things: "What is the history of the Port of Genoa, and how does Columbus tie in?" That seems like the basics. Galata Museo del Mare fails resoundingly in telling this story. At least in English. Museum presents itself as a world-class institution, but the large portion of greatest appeal to foreigners has almost no English. This is the exposition, the crucial setup, where they present old maps and pictures of Christopher Columbus. There’s lots of top-level narrative but only in Italian. The important story we came for is inaccessible. Other parts of museum sporadically, inconsistently, minimally offer English translations. Over and over I found topics & artifacts of interest, but descriptions are only in Italian. Museum seeks to broaden its audience with peripheral topics like a 1956 shipwreck, Italian migration, their 1976 Italian submarine. They’ve spent money on theatrics and experiential storytelling. That’s great. But it’s not what most foreigners come for. Museum neglects core mission insofar as they seek foreign audience. Hopefully curators revisit this choice and invest some of the money lavishly spent on other exhibits to make English a first-class citizen throughout. VISITED: 19 Nov 2021, 17 euro/person entry fee.
Steve KleimanSteve Kleiman
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The museum is spread over 5 floors. In the, partly historical, areas of the building, the exhibitions are sorted according to different eras and topics. The rooms are detailed and lovingly designed and are a work of art in themselves. So you walk through authentic interiors of ships, through Brazilian huts, through a submarine and much more. Two huge, faithful replicas of ships can be freely explored. The display cases and exhibits are very authentically staged. There are also sub-action options in some areas. Unfortunately, the multilingualism of all the information conveyed in the museum fails. A guide for non-Italian speakers would be helpful. Online, the information in some rooms can be displayed in different languages. For children under 4 years the museum is only conditionally suitable, since they find only few Possibilities of interaction for their age group, besides the entrance to the submarine in the port (in the ticket included) for children under 4 years is not allowed. Once at the top, you can enjoy the view over Genoa and the harbor from the panoramic terrace.
Patrick Krone (Alec Cale)Patrick Krone (Alec Cale)
20
Great value for money. Multiple floors of exhibition. I aksed the staff for any materials in English and one of them came to find me to bring me some. He didn't have to do so, but I'm very grateful he did! There was a Christopher Columbus expo when I went, and there's a digital audiotour you can listen to on your phone for that one. Would recommend! (do bring your headphones!) The rest of the museum had great material too. Do note, there's barely any English texts next to the exposition pieces, so either translate a bunch or get a booklet. Still, I had a lovely time. I especially like how the museum has life size replicas of boats and machinery to interact with, really bringing history to life. There was also a temporary exposition about Italian migration to other countries, which ended with a reflection on current migration to Italy. I found it very profound and was happy that they chose to educate visitors on the humanity behind it all. All in all, it was great value for money. It has history, humanity, technology and science and a nice view on the roof.
Anneloes VermeerAnneloes Vermeer
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If I could I would go be zero stars. We have traveled from uk to visit this museum, we arrived at 18.02 and museum classes at 19.00. Lady in ticket office refuse to let us in and was extremely rude mocking how we have traveled from UK and how we should be faster, when asked for manager she refused calling me and arab when describing to her manager. I and white British with blue eyes. When I became upset manager arrived and said that I am overexadurating and ask us to leave!!!while we was there there was other pope coming in without ticket or being challenged!!! That’s when became clear for me that because I were headscarf we have been treated less then other people. Racist and extremely rude!!! I can’t believe that the is can happens in museum!!! Beaver full of you planing your visit there and you don’t look Italian. Horrible experience for my kids which was really looking forward to it.
Emilia HedhiliEmilia Hedhili
30
Shortly: if you want to see real artefacts of the time when the genoese ruled the seas (14-17 century), don't waste time on this. Very disappointing experience, starting with a really rude "security" guy who asked me for a ticket. I answered him that I had bought a e-ticket on the website and had already validated it at the ticket office, but he made me to the same thing again. The museum itself might be entertaining, but not professional at all. There are some original pictures of maritime views and technical stuff from ships of the early 20th century, but all the part about the Columbus era is artificial. Also, the 16th century armour is exposed without any notes or tablets. Ironically, the early 20th century devices are numerated, but the tablets are not, so you'll not understand which is which. The emigration part is probably the best in this place.
Timur GuselnikovTimur Guselnikov
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The Galata - Museo del mare is a maritime museum in the Italian city of Genoa. It is the largest museum of its kind in the Mediterranean area and also one of the most modern in Italy.
attractions: Aquarium of Genoa, Porto Antico, Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Belvedere Castelletto, Royal Palace Museum, Bigo, D'Albertis Castle, Santissima Annunziata del Vastato, Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato, The City of Children and Young, restaurants: Cavour modo21 | Trattoria Genovese, Osteria di Vico Palla, Eataly Genova, Trattoria delle Grazie, Trattoria Vegia Zena, Trattoria dell'Acciughetta, Focaccia e Dintorni, Old Wild West - Genova Porto Antico, Rossopomodoro Genova Porto Antico, I Tre Merli Ristorante Porto Antico
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