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The fun corner

Get to know the heritage presented at the Maritime Museum of Piran while having fun doing interesting and creative activities. Through various creative tasks you will learn about the maritime heritage and the heritage of our region.

HERITAGE FOR THE YOUNGEST:

Maritime Saturday Workshop - Mariners' skills: communication at sea Communication between members of a ship’s crew and their communication with crews of other ships was especially important at the time when technology was not as highly developed as it is today.

Maritime Saturday Workshop - Blue Creative Workshop: New Year's decorations Today we shall make Christmas tree decorations from natural materials that can be found on the seashore.

Maritime Saturday Workshop - paper model of the Istrian topo In former times, the Istrian topo was among the most widely used types of small and simple fishing vessels, utilized by fishermen for fishing in closed bays.

The culinary in the salt pans - Bread The Piran salt workers, especially those working at the Strunjan and Lucija pans, bought bread in the nearby baker`s shops, while the Sečovlje saltworkers often baked it in common baker`s ovens.

Maritime Saturday Workshop - Seafarers' skills: Knots For safe navigation, seafarers must master different types of skills. One of such skills is tying knots

Roman architecture in our country The permanent archaeological collection in the Maritime Museum Piran speaks of the oldest maritime routes. Among the exhibited museum there are also Roman archaeological material remains.

Sergej Mašera On 17 April 1941, Sergej Mašera lost his life, when blowing up, together with Milan Spasić, the destroyer Zagreb in Boka Kotorska, Montenegro.

Pietro Coppo Almost 500 years have passed since Pietro Coppo wrote, in Izola, the works that brought him world fame.

Saint George Saint George is a patron saint of many cities, including Piran.

Maritime Saturday Workshop -Let's make our own mosaic