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Te Travel Guide - brought to you by APL Media • Wednesday 17 September 2025 ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Te Musée National de la Marine


In the heart of Paris, this hidden gem on the Place du Trocadéro delights both young visitors and seasoned adventurers with its stunning collection and innovative displays


If you’re looking for an adventure off the beaten path for your next trip to Paris, the Musée National de la Marine is the perfect stop to add to your itinerary. Located in the iconic Palais de


Chaillot, facing the Eiffel Tower and overlooking the Trocadéro Gardens, the Musée National de la Marine presents one of the world’s finest and oldest maritime collections. After an ambitious and complete


six-year transformation, it reopened its doors in late 2023, unveiling a reimagined design. In this new setting, the museum is reinventing itself as a major contemporary cultural centre, open to the world.


250 YEARS OF MARITIME AND NAVAL HISTORY Visitors can admire intricate ship models — used in the past to train naval officers — as well as paintings, monumental sculptures and figureheads, navigational instruments and many objects that tell the story of life on board. Visits touch upon all aspects of navigation, from 17th-century sailing ships to modern submarines and cruise liners, as well as shipwrecks, freight transport, ocean racing and more. With over 1,000 objects on display


accompanied by various interactive elements to help visitors explore the different themes even further, it’s the perfect place to understand the maritime challenges of the past, present and future.


A MULTI-SENSORY JOURNEY Designed like a voyage at sea, with four ‘stopovers’ and three ‘crossings’,


the visit starts with an immersive film inside a life-sized ship’s prow. Thanks to spectacular scenography as well as interactive and innovative technology, it offers an experience accessible to all audiences, from history buffs to curious young visitors, with plenty to see, hear, touch and even smell. The route leads you through a breathtaking wave to spectacular sculptures and ornaments from a Louis XIV-era warship.


MAGELLAN, A JOURNEY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD A temporary exhibition, running from 22 October 2025 to 1 March 2026, explores Ferdinand Magellan’s journey, the very first ocean voyage around the globe. It was the scene of many challenges at sea and on land, from political tensions and extreme living conditions to wonder and discovery, alongside violence and loss. With ‘narration’ by a crew


member, this immersive exhibition combines storytelling, large- scale projections and animated illustrations, leading visitors on an adventure from Spain to Indonesia, via the tip of Chile, in search of a new spice route.


ONE MUSEUM, FIVE CITIES The museum is also present in four coastal French cities. It unfolds its collections in a monumental medieval castle in Brest, a 16th- century citadel in Port-Louis and on the harbour of Toulon — one of France’s historic military ports. On the west coast, don’t miss


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the two locations in Rochefort, including a former medicine school that transports you to the world of 18th- and 19th-century naval medical officers and scientists.


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For further information Visit: musee-marine.fr/en


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