Maritime Museum Of Douala, Maritime museum in Bonanjo, Douala, Cameroon

The Maritime Museum of Douala is a facility in Bonanjo that spans three floors with a total area of 600 square meters and focuses on the maritime history of the region. The location houses exhibition spaces as well as rooms for various events and educational programs.

Founded in 1986, the museum first opened at the corner of rue du tribunal in Bonanjo, later moving to Avenue de Gaulle. It closed in 1989 during a restructuring of the Conseil national des chargeurs du Cameroun and was relaunched in 2006 under Auguste Mbappe Penda, who in 2009 launched the project for its current building. It reopened on 17 December 2013 on rue de l'hôpital.

The museum displays maritime artifacts from the region and tells stories of ancient trade routes and the lives of people connected to the sea. The exhibitions show how important the harbor was for the city's development.

The museum stands on Avenue des Cocotiers at the corner of Rue de l'Hôpital in Bonanjo, facing the customs IT division and near the port area, Hôtel Sawa and Hôtel Pullman. The building is shaped like a ship's stern, 40 m long, 20 m wide and 15 m high, with 400 m² of exhibition space over three floors and a 50-seat conference room.

The building was designed to resemble the stern of a ship, 15 metres high, 40 metres long and 20 metres wide, so that from a distance it looks like a vessel at anchor. Its construction used 1,500 m³ of reinforced concrete, 200 tonnes of steel and 500 m² of glass.