The Museum documents the entire Maritime History of the Italian city of Amalfi, where the museum shows the stages of development of marine navigation tools, and focuses in particular on the revolution of the invention of the compass in 1302 AD and the contribution of this invention to navigation and openness to the new world through the oceans. The museum also displays a rich collection of Roman artifacts and sculptures. And statues dating back to the medieval period, along with many documents, ancient manuscripts and illustrations representing the "Amalfi legends" such as knights, sailors, the duke and his bride and others.