Musée national de la Marine

Since October 2018

Our missions

Press relations

Communications strategy

Vue aérienne de la Citadelle de Port-Louis © Musée national de la Marine

National maritime museum

The national maritime museum is the reference institution for maritime questions, across all categories, thanks to its network deployment on the French territory: Paris, Brest, Rochefort, Port-Louis and Toulon.

Thanks to the rich permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, the cultural offer of the five museums and the Ancienne École de Médecine Navale (Former Naval Medical School, in Rochefort) let the public understand the issues that face the marine universe.

This institution is also a major research center thanks to a preservation and resources center, a document library and a photo library.

Porte de l’arsenal royal, entrée du musée de Toulon © Musée national de la Marine / T. Honnorat

Musée de la Marine à Rochefort © Musée national de la Marine / Bécot

Main projects since 2019 and to come

• Exhibition about the Trophée Jules Verne at the Brest museum (2019-2021)

• Opening of the center of preservation and ressources in Dugny (2019)

• Exhibition of the Canot de l'Empereur in the Ateliers des Capucins, Brest (2020)

• Reopening of the Paris museum after 5 years of restoration work