Volvo Ocean Race

Museo Volvo Ocean Race

This summer Alicante became home to the Museo Volvo Ocean Race, the first museum to offer visitors a chance to experience the extreme challenges faced by the elite sailors competing in the Volvo Ocean Race, the world's longest and toughest professional sporting event.

Adults and children have a unique opportunity to see the action as it unfolds from inside the high-tech Race Control room, from where the nine-month, 39,000 nautical mile race is monitored around the clock.

Situated at the port of Alicante’s former maritime station, the Museo transports visitors into a world of entertainment and fun. Using cutting edge technology, visitors can engage with the Volvo Ocean Race through 3D simulators and interactive touch screen panels that explore the history of the race, life on board, marine ecosystems and telecommunications among many other themes. The Museo also plays host to a changing programme of exhibitions that are sure to keep everyone interested.

With an aim to engage land lubbers and sailing enthusiasts alike, the museum offers an educational programme that informs curious minds about the values of life at sea, sailing and sport through various activities aimed at schools and the general public.

The shop and the café, located on the first floor with direct access to a spacious terrace, round off the facilities at this magnificent new museum, which is becoming a point of reference for culture and leisure in the city of Alicante.

Partnership
The Museo Volvo Ocean Race is a collaboration between Volvo Ocean Race S.L.U and the regional Valencia government. The partnership symbolises the Volvo Ocean Race’s commitment to open up the world of sailing to the general public through exhibitions and complementary activities.

The Generalitat Valenciana’s contribution to this strategic alliance is the investment of the initial capital required to convert the space into the museum, as part of the  general project to transform the former Oran Maritime Station into the Volvo Ocean Race operational headquarters. Meanwhile, the Volvo Ocean Race management team has provided content for the new facilities. It will also apply its vast experience and wealth of resources to an ambitious exhibition programme.

The Museo Volvo Ocean Race, together with its educational programme, enhances the cultural, educational and sporting resources of the city and the region, becoming an emblem that will boost Alicante's international image and its reputation as a sailing capital.

The Museo Volvo Ocean Race’s mission is to compile, conserve, exhibit and inform the widest possible audience about the Volvo Ocean Race, the most prestigious offshore sailing event and the world’s longest and toughest sporting event.