Un lugar para recrearse, aprender y ver cosas asombrosas en Venezuela - A place to recreate, learn and see amazing things in Venezuela

years ago during a vacation on Margarita Island, I visited the marine museum and was pleasantly pleased with the place and the attention of its workers, educated guides, trained to serve people from all over the world, they speak several languages: French, Portuguese, English, and Spanish. In this publication, I will show you part of the museum and my favorite pictures.

_{Vista de la entrada del museo - View of the museum entrance}

_{El museo esta construido en una casa de arquitectura colonial, esta es una vista de su patio interno - The museum is built in a colonial architecture house, this is a view of its inner courtyard.}

_{Compañeros de viaje - Travel partners}

_{Esqueleto de una ballena, espero que no sean ninguna de hive - Skeleton of a whale, I hope they are not any of hive}

The image shows the tail of the whale skeleton, and in its review it says: "It is a specimen of 14.80 meters long that was found dead and stranded next to the island of Cubagua in 1994. This skeleton was rescued thanks to the arduous and generous effort of some workers of the school of Applied Sciences of the sea of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela".

_{Muchos turistas en el museo, de mayoría extranjeros - Many tourists in the museum, mostly foreigners}

_{Pequeño modelo de submarino de la antigüedad - Small model of an ancient submarine}

_{Con un animal de muchas pullas en mi mano, pero no recuerdo el nombre - With an animal of many pullas in my hand, but I do not remember the name}

_{Muestras de Corales y aunque parezcan piedras sin vida son animales ¿qué les parecen? - Samples of Corals and although they look like lifeless stones, they are animals, what do you think?}

Traje de buzo de escafandra - Diving suit made of escafandra

This is an authentic scuba diving suit that was used in pearl fishing (precious stones), hence the nickname of the island as the pearl of the Caribbean. It is one of those used between 1902 and 1960, the suit was made of cork and allowed soldiers or divers to float and cross a watercourse.

With or without cork, I consider that the suit was quite heavy because the case was built with heavy metal.

Correo de administración: [email protected]
Horario: Todos los días de 9:00am a 4:30pm

Museum facts: The idea of creating a museum was conceived in 1960 by its founder and current president of the Museum of the Sea Foundation, Dr. Fernando Cervigón, a marine biologist and ichthyologist.

The Marine Museum was inaugurated on November 19, 1994. During all these years the museum has become one of the must-see tourist options in Margarita Island.

Address: Museo Marino de Margarita Bulevar El Paseo, Edificio Museo Marino, Boca de Río, Península de Macanao, Nueva Esparta State.

Mail of administration: [email protected]
Hours: Every day from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Cubagua Nueva Cádiz la isla desaparecida de Margarita - Cubagua Nueva Cadiz the missing island of Margarita

Part of the marine museum shows the history and a spectacular model of what is believed to be the disappeared island of Cubagua, which existed according to historical records between 1516 and 1543. Nueva Cadiz was the first city founded in Venezuela and the first Spanish city in South America. It was erected before the year 1500, after Columbus' third voyage and they decided to settle there because of the riches hidden in the sea, THE PEARLS.

The disappearance of Cubagua was a slow process mainly due to the lack of drinking water, the resistance of the Indians to the strenuous work of the pearl fisheries imposed by the Spaniards, the visits of French pirates meant a serious threat to the survival of the city is destroyed in 1541 by a tidal wave.

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