Established in 1930, this museum is numbered among the world's leading international maritime museums; it has also received congressional recognition as America's National Maritime Museum due to its alliance with New York's South Street Seaport Museum. The museum's collection includes more than 35,000 artifacts, ship models, art, steam engines, and figureheads. Its extensive research library...
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Founded in 1930, The Mariners' Museum is one of the of the largest international maritime history museums in the world. Over 60,000 square feet of gallery space hold approximately 35,000 artifacts including rare figureheads, handcrafted ship models, Civil War ironclad USS Monitor artifacts, paintings, small craft from around the world, and much more. The Library at the Mariners' Museum holds...
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We've now been to the Mariner's Museum and USS Monitor center approximately a half a dozen times, it is one of our favorite museums in the country and a "must stop" whenever we visit the Tidewater area. The museum consists of several separate areas, the old Mariner's Museum pays tribute to naval history, with extensive exhibits on Lord Nelson, the...
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We'd planned to see several sites in Newport News and the area enroute between Williamsburg and Chincoteague. We saw one thing. This one. We got there around 10, and left at around 4, to miss rush-hour traffic. We could have spent more time. (Just for amusement, the AAA guide suggests 2 hours.) Upon arrival, after buying our tickets we were...
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