Buckminster Fuller's Model Boat Collection, Part 1

Buckminster Fuller is normally associated with technological modernism, but it seems he had a penchant for preindustrial technology too. His...

Models in the Madrid Naval Museum, Part III

This final series of photos from a recent  visit   to the Museo Naval de Madrid   looks at models from the Pacific region other than China a...

Models in the Madrid Naval Museum, Part II

Here's a look at Chinese ship and boat models in  the  Museo Naval de Madrid . As in the previous post, about Philippine vessels in the ...

Models in the Madrid Naval Museum, Part I

If you get tired of fine art at Madrid's incredible Prado museum, a nice break is the Museo Naval de Madrid , almost next door. Run by t...