Permanent exhibition at the headquarters of the FNOB

Permanent exhibition at the headquarters of the FNOB

Permanent exhibition in the Port Vell of Barcelona.

The Oceanic Navigation Foundation of Barcelona (FNOB), constituted by the City Council of Barcelona, the Port of Barcelona, the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona and the Fair of

Barcelona, understands that to consolidate the Barcelona World Race regatta, and with it the international projection of the city, it is convenient to build a permanent oceanic navigation base.
Two of the spaces of this base will be destined to a permanent exhibition with the following contents and supports:

1. Explanation of the building (1 panel)
2. History of ocean navigation (interactive screen)
3. The IMOCA class (interactive screen)
4. The IMOCA 60, characteristics, evolution and technology (materials, models, samples and fixed content screens)
5. The current great ocean regattas (interactive screen)
6. The Barcelona World Race: creation and history (interactive screen and projections)
7. The BWR 2010-2011 (interactive screen and projections)
8. The contributions of ocean navigation in the knowledge of the world (interactive screen)
9. Simulation of sailing (simulators)
10. The sponsors (1 panel)

The sound is general in the Sala Grande, and of specific sound in the Projection Room.

Architect: Jordi Carbonell i Curell