Exponav — Museo da Construción Naval

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Exponav — Museo da Construción Naval
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Exponav — Museo da Construción Naval

📍 Ferrol

A museum of shipbuilding housed in the vast 18th-century Herrerías building inside Ferrol's naval complex — full-size boats, models and machinery telling the story of how ships are made.

Exponav occupies the Arsenal's former ironworks building (18th century), its vaults resting on 132 stone arches. It's Spain's great shipbuilding museum — one of the most important in Europe: huge models and centuries of vessels built in Ferrol.

Practical info

Entry: €2 general; €1 reduced (over-60s and ages 12–17); under-12s free.

Hours: Vary by season (in high season, roughly Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00 and Sun 10:00–14:30): check the official calendar.

Address: Herrerías building, Rúa Irmandiños s/n (Cantón de Molins), 15490 Ferrol.

Contact: 981 359 682 · exponav.org

What to see: Europe's largest museum devoted to shipbuilding, in the 18th-century Herrerías building.

Museum of Naval Construction (Exponav) / Museos de Galicia

Hours vary by season; confirm at exponav.org before you go.

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