The Maritime Museum was founded 1941st when the Dubrovnik Society organized an exhibition titled "Maritime routes to Dubrovnik for centuries." Since 1949. Whatever. The museum was part of the Academy (Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences). Year 1987. merged with the Dubrovnik Museum. The Maritime Museum is located in Fort St. John restored after the earthquake 1979th year. The permanent exhibition is set 1986th The 4000 case is owned by the museum shows naval history of Dubrovnik and its surroundings. There are also models of ships from the 17th, 18th and 19 century, flags, guns and other weapons, figureheads, nautical instruments, ship's logs, maps. various documents and the like. The museum holds valuable library containing many specimens of rare books and important archival material. Dubrovnik city walls and fortifications are testament to the attentive and systematic building activity, which is the Dubrovnik Republic for centuries protected the city and defended her. Fort St. John on the pier is one of the four largest urban fortress, whose construction began in the 14th century in order to protect the harbor from the south of the waves as the sea of enemies. Layout and spaces of the fortress today were created by connecting individual buildings into a unified whole ended in the 16th century, year 1889. The fortress was rebuilt on two floors and large windows were pierced in places openings for guns. The Maritime Museum is located in 1952. spaces in Fort St. John.