Museo Nueva Tabarca

The old Almadraba warehouse building, once completed its rehabilitation as a Service Building, is the space that houses the Nueva Tabarca Museum since its inauguration in May 2004. For this purpose, a new distribution of the rooms of the same was carried out, keeping the original floor, with the aim of being able to accommodate the two large spaces that initially comprise this museum project: the Audiovisual Room and the Showroom. Witness and symbol of the intense relations between man and the sea that have occurred on the island throughout the ages, the Almadraba de Tabarca was for many years the main economic engine for the island inhabitants, mainly thanks to the fishing of the tuna. Nowadays, this building, directly related to this important fishing activity, has become a physical space from where it contributes to know the remarkable Tabarquino heritage, both natural and cultural, and by extension, the people who have had in the Its main ally to survive. Schedule: Wednesday to Sunday, both inclusive, adapted to the schedule of the Santa Pola-Tabarca line boats (in the mornings from 10.45am). Starting at 11:30 am, during summer time, adapted to the schedule of the Alicante-Tabarca line boats). Group visits: prior telephone request; also by e-mail: conserjeria.museotabarca@alicante.es