The categories of museums that host shipwrecks are different: traditional naval museums, science and technology museums, as well as archaeological, ethnographic, maritime, and thematic institutions. This paper presents a series of personal reflections on these exhibition approaches, viewed primarily through the perspective of an underwater archaeologist rather than that of a museologist. It highlights the importance of considering the original context of a shipwreck – often submerged – and, where possible, of respecting its transformed nature, in accordance with the principles of the UNESCO Convention that promotes in situ preservation.
