This museum is the result of a life's work dedicated to the sea and the constant dedication of Mr. Francesc Roig Toqués, who has gradually collected the large number of curiosities that make up this unique thematic museum. It is well worth the visit.

His connection with the sea started in his youth when he worked as an apprentice builder of wooden boats on the local beaches. His hands gradually became more skillful as he learned the secrets of building small fishing boats, fishing lines with many hooks, and sardine fishing boats, and the ancient art of making the triangular sail until, in the end, he became a master builder.

It is a museum where the visitor has to pay attention to every detail, because each object tells its own story.

Here you will find emblematic pieces from warships and merchant ships that very rarely end up in museums because they are highly prized by the ship's captains who make sure this booty does not to slip through their fingers when the ships are dismantled. To give just a few examples so as not to go into great length, there is a figurehead which conserves all the magic of the Romantic adventure of 19th century sea voyages.

There is also the ship's bell from the destroyer Sánchez Barcáiztegui (1926) and, next to it, a small artillery weapon from the 16th century called a "falconet", anchors that are more than 250 years old, tools used by the carpenters and boat-makers of the coast, a tiny fishing boat carved out of a grain of millet just 2 mm long, ships' log books, metopes... There are also thousands of pages filled with the signatures of visitors from all over the world.


Juanita, the carp
Juanita is a carp that lives in a pond – in the garden of the museum –. She can eat from a spoon and drink from a wineskin under the patient guidance of her trainer Mr. Francesc Roig. Of all her fellow fish, Juanita is the only one who obediently follows his instructions all the year round except for a short period of hibernation. She has appeared in hundreds of magazines and television programmes inside and outside Spain and been the subject of a great deal of interesting correspondence with people all over the world.


Museu de Curiositats Marineres Roig Toqués
Alexandre de Cabanyes, 2, Baixos
Tel. 00 34 938 154 263
E-mail : museo.carpajuanita@gmail.com