Seaport Museum, Tarragona

After getting acquainted with the Seraló quarter, I return back to the promenade of Mall de la Costa. In the rays of the newly risen December sun, everything around acquired a golden hue, and morning runners appeared on the promenade.

One of the former port warehouses lining the promenade houses the Museum of the History of the Port (Museu del Port de Tarragona), which opened in 2000. The museum’s exhibition tells the story of the port’s life from the moment the Romans landed here until the present day. In 2003, the Baña Lighthouse (Faro de la Baña) was added to the museum; its premises house a collection of maritime signaling equipment from different eras.

The museum building is surrounded by examples of old port equipment and fleet, such as this longboat with a lifting boom, a chain boat designed to lift anchors and anchor chains from the port floor.

Behind the museum building are port cranes from the first half of the last century and port railway transport.

All the equipment is in perfect condition; there are no peeling paint, rust stains, or rotten boards to be seen.

The lawn in front of the futuristic administration building of the modern port is adorned with several grab buckets that were used for loading coal and mineral raw materials.

The museum is open daily, except on July 16 and December 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the morning and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the afternoon; in summer, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. On holidays and Sundays, it is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The entrance fee is 2 euros. Unfortunately, this time there was no opportunity to visit the museum, but I will definitely rectify this in the future and will provide a detailed description of it in the marine section of the website.