Maritime Museum of New Caledonia

Maritime Museum of New Caledonia
Musée Maritime de Nouvelle Calédonie
Established1999
LocationNouméa
TypeMaritime museum
Key holdingsLa Pérouse collection
CollectionsMaritime, industrial, natural science
DirectorValerie Vattier
Websitemuseemaritime.nc

The Maritime Museum of New Caledonia (French: Musée Maritime de Nouvelle Caledonie) is a maritime museum in New Caledonia. It is largely dedicated to the history of French colonial exploration in the Pacific and the collection includes objects retrieved from the frigates Astrolabe and Boussole, which were wrecked under the captaincy of Jean-François de Galaup de Lapérouse.

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