Fort St Elmo - War Museum 14
Fort St Elmo
War Museum Field Guns
National War Museum is located within the fortifications of Fort St Elmo. Through the entrance near to Marsamxett harbour, ie slightly to your left when you reach the bottom of Republic Street. The War Museum concentrates on the second world war.
The star exhibit is probably the 'Faith' Gloster Gladiator biplane, which with it's sister planes 'Hope' and 'Charity' played such a big part in the air defence of Malta. Although Malta only had the 3 biplanes early in the war. They were kept airborne almost constantly for 17 days and they fooled the Italian air force into thinking that the RAF had a far larger fighter force. Unfortunately the wings have been removed probably to fit the plane into the museum. Malta had 3,000 air raids in 2 years at the height of it's starvation siege, and was the most bombed area during the war
Photograph on immediate left: Fort St. Elmo outer walls
Address: The National War Museum, Fort St Elmo, Valletta VLT 02, Malta
Also at Fort St. Elmo but through a separate entrance are the Fort St. Elmo - Alarme! & In Guardia displays.
Bus no 133 stops near War Museum Fort St Elmo.
Views of Marsamxett Harbour, Manoel Island & Sliema 15
Great views of Marsamxett Harbour, Manoel Island & fort, Tige Point & fort and Sliema.
Fort St Elmo - In Guardia re-enactment
In Guardia re-enactment
Two different parades and display of cannon and musket firing at the Police Academy on only around 35 dates during the year. Please note that this display is in a separate entrance to the War Museum which is further to the east.
Alarme! is a show portraying a series of military encounters between French and Maltese troops during the blockade of 1798 - 1800. The show is staged at Fort St. Elmo in Valletta by the Historical Re-enactment Group of Malta and is organised by the Malta Tourism Authority.
In Guardia. Throughout the year, the Malta Tourism Authority stages the re-enactment of historical military parades at Fort St. Elmo in Valletta, titled In Guardia and dating back to the times of the Knights of St. John. During these parades, around 90 officers and men-at-arms in period costume will perform a series of military drills in the fort's "Place-of-Arms".
At the bottom of Republic Street turn right for the entrance to the Police Academy
Also at Fort St. Elmo but through a separate entrance is the Fort St. Elmo War Museum
Bus no 133 stops at War Museum Fort St Elmo
Fort St Elmo And National War Museum,
Mediterranean Street,
Valletta,
Malta