Odisha State Maritime Museum, Cuttack

Discovering ancient boatbuilding

Visitors walk through old workshop sheds beside the Mahanadi where engineers once maintained inland vessels. The site now preserves naval artifacts, scale models of historical boats, and navigational instruments used across early trade routes.

• Scaled models of traditional Kalinga seafaring vessels
• Displays documenting old maritime trade routes across Asia
• Preserved machinery from the colonial canal workshop era

What can students explore?

Children get space to examine maritime engineering directly rather than reading static textbooks. Historical navigation tools sit alongside archival records, giving classes tangible insight into how local sailors handled coastal trade winds centuries ago.