History museum
Mahebourg Museum
37 locals recommend,
Location
Royal Rd
Mahébourg, Grand Port
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Located at the entrance of Mahébourg village, the Naval Museum was inaugurated sometime around 1950 and specialises in the history of Mauritius relating to the sea; sea battles, shipwrecks, naval war items. The museum occupies three floors, tow of which are accessible to the public. On the ground floor wreckage of sailing ships that took part in the Grand Port battle, original cannon, cannonball, paintings and swords and weaponry of Robert Surcouf, the eighteenth-century corsair, popularly known as the king of the Corsairs. Objects from shipwrecks along the Mauritian coast are also exhibited, and the museum also displays a preserved Mauritian village settlement, where visitors can gain a glimpse of the typical lifestyle of the rural island inhabitants.
Located at the entrance of Mahébourg village, the Naval Museum was inaugurated sometime around 1950 and specialises in the history of Mauritius relating to the sea; sea battles, shipwrecks, naval war items. The museum occupies three floors, tow of which are accessible to the public. On the ground f…
The museum explains the whole history of Mauritius and the Grand Baie battle between the French and the English. It's in a beautiful old colonial house. A lot of information, all for free.
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