Museo Mares de Cedeira
Maritime museum in Cedeira with traditional boats, fishing gear, shellfish gathering and a malacology collection.
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About the museum
The Museo Mares de Cedeira was created to highlight the tangible and intangible heritage linked to the sea in a town whose identity has always been tied to fishing. It was promoted by the Asociación Mares de Cedeira, with the collaboration of the Concello de Cedeira, the Fishermen’s Brotherhood (Cofradía de Pescadores) and the Diputación de A Coruña, and opened its doors for the first time in July 2016.
The collection began with the private items of a group of local residents, such as navigation instruments, fishing gear and objects related to the sea, to which donations from families and people across the town were added.
The museum displays traditional boats, fishing gear, engines, tools for harvesting goose barnacles (percebes) and cockles (berberechos), old photographs, cetacean fossils, shells and objects washed up by the sea. It is complemented by a malacology collection with specimens of molluscs from Galicia and from other parts of the world.
Highlights
- Room of traditional boats
- Fishing gear and engines
- Tools for shellfish gathering and for goose barnacles
- “Manuel Suárez” malacology collection
- Historic photographs, cetacean fossils and objects washed up by the sea
Permanent exhibitions
- Sala de embarcaciones – Traditional boats, including a rowing boat, a motor launch and a dorna, together with models of boats from the Cedeira fleet.
- Colección de malacología «Manuel Suárez» – Catalogue of bivalve and gastropod molluscs from Galicia, along with freshwater and land species and species from other parts of the world.
- Founded
- 2016
- Operated by
- Asociación Museo Mares de Cedeira
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €2 |
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| Children & teens | €1free up to age 2 · Children aged 3 to 10: €1. Under 3s do not pay. |
Over 10s: €2. Ages 3 to 10: €1. Under 3s: free.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided visits for groups outside opening hours, by prior call on 614 209 504. |
