National Museum of Underwater Archeology
The National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology (Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática - ARQVA) is an underwater archaeology museum in Cartagena in Murcia, Spain. It owns a large collection of pieces recovered from shipwrecks that begins with the Phoenician shipwrecks of Mazarrón and goes on into the 19th century. It is part of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.
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National Museum of Underwater Archeology
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- National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology
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- 2008
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- Cartagena
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The National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology (Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática - ARQVA) is an underwater archaeology museum in Cartagena in Murcia, Spain. It owns a large collection of pieces recovered from shipwrecks that begins with the Phoenician shipwrecks of Mazarrón and goes on into the 19th century. It is part of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.
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On December 2, 2012, the 14.5 tons cargo of gold and silver coins recovered from the wreck of the frigate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes was deposited in the museum for cataloging, study and permanent display.
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• Name — National Museum of Subaquatic Archaeology • Native Name — Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática • Former Name — Museo Nacional de Investigaciones Arqueológicas Submarinas Museo Nacional de Arqueología Marítima • Established — 1980 • Location — Cartagena (Murcia), Spain • Type — Archaeology museum • Website — https: museoarqua.mcu.es
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2008
National Museum of Underwater Archeology established.
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- 1.Cifras de visitantes de los Museos Estatales.
- 2.Nombramiento de Rafael Sabio como director del Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática.
- 3."El tesoro de la Mercedes se guardará en Cartagena", El Mundo, 30 de noviembre de 2012.
- 4."El tesoro de la Mercedes será enviado al museo ARQUA de Cartagena" , El País, 30 de noviembre de 2012.
- 5."El tesoro de la Mercedes ya está en Cartagena", El Mundo, 3 de diciembre de 2012.
- 6.Recuperan un cañón y 11 piezas de alto valor de las Mercedes.
- 7.La exploración de la 'Mercedes' pulveriza el récord de profundidad.
- 8.España demuestra en la Mercedes su capacidad para excavar pecios a gran profundidad.
- 9.Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes.
- 10.Tres arqueólogos fundan el primer museo español bajo el agua.
- 11.La arqueóloga Carlota Pérez-Reverte propone crear una ruta submarina en el yacimiento fenicio de la Campana.
- 12.Tres nuevos pecios descubiertos en un gran cementerio de barcos del Mediterráneo.
- 13.Rocío Castillo: «Somos insignificantes si no contamos con los demás».
- 14.La UPCT impartirá títulos de Especialista en Historia y Patrimonio de Cartagena y en Arqueología Subacuática.
- 15.Cartagena crea un máster en Arqueología Subacuática y un título de Especialista en Historia a través de la nueva Cátedra.
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