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Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen: A Voyage Through Rouen's Seafaring Past

Discover Rouen's maritime past at the Musée Maritime, Fluvial et Portuaire: explore exhibits from shipbuilding to whale hunting in a historic port warehouse.

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Explore Rouen's rich maritime history at this museum housed in a former port warehouse. Discover exhibits on shipbuilding, river navigation, and the port's role in global trade, including a whale skeleton and a 38-meter barge.

A brief summary to Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen

  • Tuesday 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
  • Wednesday 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
  • Thursday 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
  • Friday 2 pm-5 pm
  • Saturday 2 pm-6 pm
  • Sunday 2 pm-6 pm

Local tips

  • Check the museum's opening hours before visiting, as they vary depending on the day.
  • Consider taking the tram to the 'Mont-Riboudet T2/T3' stop for convenient access to the museum.
  • Explore the port infrastructure around the museum to get a sense of the scale of industrial activity.
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Getting There

  • Public Transport

    From Rouen city center (e.g., Théâtre des Arts), take the tram towards Mont-Riboudet. Get off at the 'Mont-Riboudet T2/T3' stop, which is a short walk from the museum. A single tram ticket costs €1.70.

  • Taxi

    From Rouen city center, a taxi to the museum takes approximately 5 minutes and costs between €9 and €12. Taxi stands are available throughout the city center.

  • Walking

    From Rouen city center (e.g., the Rouen Cathedral), the museum is approximately a 40-minute walk. Head north towards the Seine River and follow the quays eastward. The museum is located near the Gustave Flaubert Bridge.

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The Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen, established in 1999, chronicles the city's extensive maritime legacy within a converted 1926 port warehouse. Once used for storing wine from North Africa, the building itself is a historical artifact. The museum's exhibits cover diverse aspects of Rouen's port history. Visitors can explore the evolution of maritime professions through displays of diving equipment, a reproduction of a 1960s ship radio cabin, and models of merchant navy vessels that once frequented Rouen's docks. Key themes include the port's history with photographs and exhibits detailing the destruction caused by World War II, infrastructure developments that made the Seine navigable, and the age of sail, including the ships that transported nickel from New Caledonia. Among the museum's highlights are a whale skeleton on loan from Rouen's Natural History Museum and the 38-meter barge 'Pompon Rouge,' which has been transformed into an exhibit space about river navigation, complete with a lock model. The museum also features motors from trawlers and barges, and a fog warning bell formerly used in the Risle estuary.

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