The Margarita Marine Museum is a dependency of the Fundación Museo del Mar, a private nonprofit association whose efforts are channeled to education, research and conservation. Its purpose is to offer all the visiting public a comprehensive view of Venezuela's seas, from their physical and chemical characteristics and the fauna that inhabit them, to aspects associated with the interaction of man and sea, such as boatbuilding and fishing.
Special attention is given to the areas surrounding the islands of Margarita, Coche and Cubagua (Nueva Esparta State), as they possess especially high productive characteristics that are different from those found in the rest of the Caribbean.
Where are we?
The Museum is located on the seafront, along the Bulevar El Paseo in the fishing village of Boca del Río on the Macanao Peninsula, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela. The view from its windows is of a wonderful seascape, an endless horizon with the outline of Cubagua Island at one end.
Alongside the village, the white boats of the impeccably maintained snapper-grouper fishing fleet, the largest of its kind in the Caribbean, can be seen gently rising and falling at anchor, one of the most attractive views that can be seen from the Museum.
Board of directors of Fundación Museo del Mar
- President: Dr. Fernando Cervigón
- Vice-president: Ing. Teobaldo Castañeda
Directors
- José Rafael Márquez
- Bladimir Rodríguez
- Jesús Luciano Marín
- Alfredo Gómez
General Gerent: Teobaldo Castañeda
Department Coordinators
- Marine investigations: Alfredo Gómez
- Aquariology: Bladimir Rodríguez
- Services: Asdrúbal Carreño
- Curator: Pablo Rodríguez
