The MuCa (Museo della Cantieristica di Monfalcone – Monfalcone Shipbuilding Museum) is the only Italian museum dedicated to shipbuilding: opened in 2017 and located in the former Albergo Operai in the village of Panzano (the company town built around the shipyard upon initiative of the Cosulch brothers), it shows over a century of history. The museum’s exhibition itinerary covers several themes: the company town, corporate welfare and wars, the shipyard and entrepreneurs: the evolution of the territory, technology and construction in the shipyard: from ships to collateral productions, interior design and great art on ships and in the territory. Technology and multimedia allow the museum to tell its story from local history, through construction techniques to ship design and an important collection of 20th century art (including Mušič, Mascherini, Timmel).
Thanks to the innovative multimedia systems used, visitors are taken into an immersive reality, characterised by a sensory tunnel, a crane simulator and other augmented reality and 3D reconstruction stations, which make the tour interesting for visitors of all ages. he MuCa is a widespread museum, which directly involves the territory, not only with the route inside the museum, but also with a series of external itineraries in the village of Panzano and guided tours inside the Fincantieri shipyard where some of the largest cruise ships under construction can be admired.
The Shipbuilding Museum Complex
The MuCa is part of the Monfalcone Shipyard Museum project, a widespread museum, which involves the territory directly, with a series of external routes in the village of Panzano which includes the Visitor Centre in via Pisani 28, an information and exhibition point set up in 2011 in the area of the old shops of the workers’ district.
