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Mahebourg National History Museum

Name: Mahebourg National History Museum
Address: Mahebourg Waterfront, Mahebourg, Grand Port, Mauritius, MU
Telephone: +230 631 9329
Price range: $

Mahebourg Waterfront, Mahebourg, Grand Port, Mauritius

Mahebourg National History Museum — photo 1

About

The National History Museum in Mahebourg is housed in a colonial mansion and commemorates the famous Naval Battle of Grand Port of August 1810 — the only Napoleonic naval battle in which the French defeated the British, and the only naval victory inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The museum displays weapons, ship models, paintings, and artefacts recovered from the wrecked vessels, alongside exhibits on the island's natural history and the life of enslaved people and indentured workers. The gardens overlook the very bay where the battle was fought.