The naval museum in Montevideo is a small museum on the waterfront about 30 minutes from the Montevideo by public bus. It consists to two small galleries and an outside exhibition area.One gallery is dedicated to Uruguayan naval history, and has the usual well-presented collection of artefacts, display boards, photos, paintings, models etc. There are several small guns from 19th century ships there. All signage is in Spanish, but reasonably easy to read.The second gallery consists of display areas covering elements of the modern Uruguayan Navy, along with a section on the Battle of the River Plate. The River Plate section has been upgraded with funding from the German Government, and is the one section of the museum which is trilingual (Spanish / German / English). There are several artefacts there retrieved from the Graf Spee, including a small section of armour plate.Outside there is a diverse collection of cannon, guns, mines, torpedoes, anchors etc. They clearly used to have signage, but most of the signs have deteriorated and are no longer readable. The most prominent items are the superstructure of the 1980-ish French-built patrol ship Comodoro Moe, and one of the 5.9-inch guns recovered from Graf Spee - which is clearly the highlight of their collection, and appears in all the promotional material.
