Door Malta Maritime Museum - Birgu, Malta - Doorways of the World on Waymarking.com

Double-leaf wooden entrance door to the maritime museum, made of paneled wood, six on each leaf, painted blue.

"The Malta Maritime Museum (Maltese: Muzew Marittimu ta' Malta) is a maritime museum in Birgu, Malta. It is housed in the former Royal Naval Bakery, which was built in the 1840s as the main bakery for the Mediterranean Fleet. The museum has a collection of over 20,000 artifacts, and it is the largest museum on the island. The museum's aim is to illustrate Malta's maritime history, starting from prehistory to the present. The museum shows this within a Mediterranean and a global context.

The first plans to establish the Malta Maritime Museum were made in 1988, when an advisory committee was set up to set up the museum and collect artifacts from a number of sources. The then-derelict former Royal Naval Bakery in Birgu was chosen to house the museum.

After four years, the museum opened to the public on 24 July 1992. It was inaugurated by the Minister for Education and Museums, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. Since its establishment, the museum's collections have increased by donations from Maltese and foreign individuals, foreign maritime museums, foreign navies, and several companies and corporate bodies."

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Type of material of the door: Wood Functional door?: Yes Location of this door/way: On private property Is it accessable only by paid admission": Yes Style: Other Address or physical location: The Malta Maritime Museum, Xatt l-Assedju l-Kbir, Birgu BRG 1721, Malta

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