Maritime Museum of Montenegro (Pomorski muzej Crne Gore)

[CarlosE]

During my visit to Kotor’s Maritime Museum, I had the chance to discover a fascinating collection that reflects the city’s rich maritime heritage and long seafaring tradition.

Illyrian Liburna. (Modeler M.Stumbergera).

 

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Greek Galley - Trireme. (Modeler S.Osghiana).

 

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Galleon and Carack.

 

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Felluca. (Modeler M.Stumberger).

 

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Model Ship "León Coronato". (Modeler M.Stumberger).

 

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Dubrovnik Carrack. (Modeler G.Zaccagna).

 

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Shebec. (Modeler P.Gracanin).

 

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Tartana. (Modeler N.Stanojevic).
"The tartana was a preferred type of merchant vessel among seafarers from the bay of Kotor during the 18th century.It could easily be adapted as a warship, but it was mainly used for cargo transport or fishing".

 

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Brig Splendido. (Modeler M.Stumberger).
"A medium-sized merchant sailing vessel with square sails and a spanker (gaff sail) on the mizzen mast. Between 1852 and 1859, Ivo Vizin circumnavigated the word with this ship".

 

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Model of ship "Nava". (Modeler M.Vukasovic).

 

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San Trifone di Cattaro. (Modeler V.Predrag).

 

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Brigs-Schooner.

 

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Arciduca Lodovico.
"Combination of paddle wheels and sails, being the first one to sail int the bay of Boka Kotorsa in 1837, and belonged to the Austrian Lord".

 

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Other models...

 

[CarlosE]

and the last one...model of sailing ship Barque. (Modeler seam Tomo Durdevic 1883).
"From fourties of the 19th to the beggining of the 20th century, Boka has its fleet 91barques"

 

[Jwallkc]

Interesting mix of realistic and folk art ship models

 

[CarlosE]

Interesting mix of realistic and folk art ship models

Exactly. I guess many museums have models that were made by local artists rather than professional modelers. That probably makes them even more interesting, as they reflect the local culture and craftsmanship.

 

[Boatntrain]

Whenever I visit these museums and think about when the models were built I marvel at the craftsmanship and attention to details, especially the line and rope work. I have almost every hobby tool imaginable and still find it difficult to procduce models like these. Thank you for the photos.

 

[CarlosE]

I had the opportunity to visit five maritime museums during a trip to Europe for a wedding, from a large one in Amsterdam to a small one in Perast, Montenegro. I got the same feeling in all of them: the level of craftsmanship and attention to detail is amazing.

It’s even more impressive when you think about the tools and materials they had available back then compared with what we have today.

Another interesting thing I found during this trip was the maritime ex-voto tradition, where sailors would offer a model of their ship to a church after being saved from an accident or some other danger at sea. I saw this mostly in Montenegro, but also in a small church in Marken, in the Netherlands.