Naval Museum of Madrid

Its origins date back to a royal decree issued on 28 September 1792, yet it was not until 1843 when the Museum was inaugurated in Madrid by Ramon de Romay y Jimenez-Cisneros, initially housed in the Palacio de los Consejos. It was soon moved to the and then to the , where it remained until 1932. The Ministry of the Navy (there used to be a standalone ministerial department for the Navy, fused with those for the Army and the Air Forces in 1977) was provided with a new headquarters in the 1920s, and the museum moved there in 1932. ==Collections==

The map of Juan de la Cosa, the earliest preserved map of the Americas, is on permanent display in this museum. The museum also displays a collection of Ming ceramics rescued from the shipwreck of the San Diego. File:1500 map by Juan de la Cosa rotated.jpg|Map of Juan de la Cosa made in 1500 in El Puerto de Santa María File:Madre de Astrolabio. Museo Naval de Madrid.jpg|An astrolabe mater (c. 1570) File:CerámicaChinaBlancaYAzulDinastíaMingMuseoNaval-14.jpg|Ming ceramics from the San Diego shipwreck File:Globo Coronelli 1688 Museo Naval Madrid.jpg|1688 globe by Vincenzo Coronelli File:Giróscopo de torpedo (1929).jpg|Torpedo gyroscope made in 1929 in Cartagena File:Museo Naval sala.jpg|Sala "Almirante Jose Ignacio Gonzalez-Aller" == Incidents ==

On 13 October 2025, two activists from the Futuro Vegetal movement were arrested for defacing José Garnelo's painting Primer homenaje a Cristóbal Colón at the museum by throwing biodegradable red paint on the artwork during Spain's National Day. The activists carried a banner reading "12 October, nothing to celebrate. Ecosocial justice." The painting was quickly restored by museum staff, and visitors were temporarily evacuated during the incident. ==Notes and references==

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