Museo Storico Navale

{{Short description|Naval history museum in Castello, Venice, Italy}}

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| caption = The entrance to the Museo Storico Navale

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| established = 1919

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| location = Castello, Venice

| type = Naval history

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| website = {{URL|http://www.marina.difesa.it/EN/history/museums/Pagine/museostoriconavale.aspx|Museo Storico Navale}}

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The Museo Storico Navale is a naval history museum located in the Castello district of Venice, near the Venetian Arsenal. The museum was established by the Regia Marina (the Italian Royal Navy) in 1919.{{cite web|title=Museo Storico Navale di Venezia - La storia|url=http://www.marina.difesa.it/storiacultura/ufficiostorico/musei/museostoricove/Pagine/Storia.aspx|accessdate=28 January 2013}} Its collections include items relating to the naval and maritime history of Venice, and it has a large number of ship models and weapons on display.{{cite web|title=Museo Storico Navale|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/venice/sights/museum/museo-storico-navale|publisher=Lonely Planet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921081522/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/venice/sights/museum/museo-storico-navale|accessdate=28 January 2013|archive-date=2011-09-21}}