Maritime Museum in Viareggio
A fascinating museum to discover the life and work of sailors
The “Alberto Gianni” Maritime Museum in Viareggio was founded to showcase the history of seamanship in Viareggio and in Tuscany in general. The museum is laid out thematically in various sections dedicated to on-board equipment, naval building yards, seamen and hatchet and sealing masters, but also to the Italian Navy, models, diving, fishing and nautical tools.
Besides this you can also see evidence of the Artiglio 1 ship found by French divers inside a wreck sunk in 1930 by the explosion of a dangerous load that she was carrying. Many objects and tools have been donated by Viareggio-based associations such as the Viareggio Divers.
Of particular significance are the butoscopic turrets, the artefacts from the Artiglio ship and a lithic block from the 5th century BCE.
Information: commune.viareggio.lu.it
