Because the museum is open year-round, events can be held there on August 3 (the day of Columbus's departure), March 15 (the day of Columbus's return) and October 12 (landfall in the Americas), among others. Īlso, various other events have been held at the museum, especially commemorations related to the voyage of discovery.
In 2003, the Spanish folk metal band Mägo de Oz used the museum for the photo session of their album Gaia, in which they appear dressed as pirates. Vicente Aranda has used the museum as a set in two if his films, Mad Love and Tirant lo Blanc. The Wharf of the Caravels, and especially the three replica ships, has been used for its ambience or details in several films related to Columbus's voyage. The museum as film set and event location On the one side is a cottage with wood framing and reed walls on the other, the people living on the island are represented by statues, representing people going about such ordinary activities as fishing or cooking various objects of daily life are also on display, as are replicas of fauna typical of the Caribbean, including tortoises, parrots and various species of fish. An effort has been made to represent the indigenous culture. The Isla del Encuentro ("Island of the Encounter") attempts to recreate the world the crew of Columbus's first voyage encountered on their arrival at the island of Guanahani, where they first made landfall in the Americas. The larger Santa María features Columbus's cabin, with a man impersonating a scribe, as well as access to the bowels of the ship. The hold of the Niña cannot be visited, because its design, more faithful to history, would not allow a means to reach the hold that would be safe enough to open to the general public. Although the historical reproductions were rigorous in terms of the general lines of the ships, to facilitate visitor access the Pinta has one small, deliberate deviation from what was indicated in the sources: a staircase to the ship's hold. Visitors can board and tour each ship for a firsthand view of their holds and cabins. They are now moored at a semicircular dock. The replicas were fashioned in the fishing port of Isla Cristina in western Huelva province as part of the celebrations of the fifth centenary of the Discovery of the Americas, and were the principle motive to create the Wharf of the Caravels. The main item of interest at the museum is the trio of replica ships: the Pinta, Niña, and Santa María. August is the busiest month in terms of visitors. It is the third most visited tourist site in Andalusia. In 2007, nearly 200,000 people visited, roughly 550 people a day. Since then, the Wharf of the Caravels has been open to the public, with the number of visitors increasing each year. The resulting museum, inaugurated in 1994, is managed by the Diputación de Huelva, the government of Huelva province. The key to this project was the construction of the Wharf of the Caravels near La Rábida Monastery in Palos de la Frontera, one of the key Lugares colombinos, sites associated with the preparation and launching of Columbus's first voyage. These three boats formed part of the Seville Expo '92, and were part of numerous expositions throughout Europe and the Americas.Īfter they had been used in all manner of activities-including being used in filming 1492: Conquest of Paradise -the Andalusian Autonomous Government acquired the replicas as part of the project Andalucía 92. Among these, in Spain, was the launching of replicas of the ships in which Columbus and a crew that included the Pinzón Brothers of Palos de la Frontera, the Niño Brothers of Moguer, and other mariners from the region made the voyage that is generally accounted as the discovery of the Americas by Europeans. Throughout 1992 there were many celebrations of the fifth centenary of the Discovery of the Americas. The museum is operated by the province of Huelva, and has an area of 11,500 square metres (124,000 sq ft). The replica caravels were built between 19, put through shakedown voyages and then, in 1992, sailed the route of Columbus's voyage.
These were built in 1992 for the Celebration of the Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of the Americas. Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbus's boats for his first voyage to the Americas, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.
The Wharf of the Caravels ( Spanish: Muelle de las Carabelas) is a museum in Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Official page on the site of the government of Huelva. Replicas of the Pinta, Niña, and Santa María at the Wharf.
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