Last November the pupils of the 5th grade of our school visited the  Hellenic Maritime Museum of Greece, the biggest maritime museum of our country, in terms of the educational visits related to their  History lessons. Most nautical museums are located on the Greek islands like this one on the island of Andros.



However the museum we visited with our pupils is located in one of the marinas of the biggest port of  Greece , Pireaus near the city of Athens.  Here the children attended an educational course by the trained people of the museum and admired the works of important marine painters and saw various exhibits which demonstrate the nautical activity of the Greeks from prehistory to the present day, 5000 years of history:  ancient trireme models, historic vessels,warships and submarines,old anchors and  lighthouses,diving costumes the spongemen used to wear and a lot more.
They were also able to see a large collection of maps from the 16th century and embroideries, which express vividly the relationship of the Greek people with the sea.
 They were impressed by the Nautical Library and  the 2nd World War historic Greek submarine "Papanikolis".


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