Maritime Museum (USA)

The Mariners' Museum and Park Museum and Mariners' Park) is a maritime museum in the United States that specializes in the demonstration of exhibits related to ships and reservoirs. One of the world's largest.

Activities and history

It was approved by the United States Congress and was initially known as America's National Maritime Museum. The Mariners' Museum Library, which relocated to the campus of Christopher Newport University in 2009, houses the Western Hemisphere's largest collection of maritime subjects.

Archer Huntington founded the company in 1930. Archer and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt, purchased 800 acres (320 ha) of land on which to construct exhibition galleries, a library, a landscape park with a lake, and over 35,000 marine exhibits from around the world. The museum's collection currently numbers around 32,000 artifacts, which include American and foreign miniature models of ships, marine paintings, and arts and crafts. Many paintings by James Bard and Antonio Jacobsen are included in the collection. The museum provides educational opportunities.

USS Monitor Station

USS Monitor museum replica

The Maritime Museum has established a commemorative center for the first American ironclad ship, the USS Monitor. The wreckage of a ship that sank during the American Civil War during the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862 was discovered on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in 1973, about 16 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The sinking site of the Monitor was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 and is now managed by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.The lifting of large parts of the ship began in 1998. Many artifacts from the Monitor were taken, including an armored turret, propeller, anchor, engine, and some of the crew's personal belongings.were transported to the Maritime Museum For several years, they were kept in special containers to keep the metal stable. On March 9, 2007, the USS Monitor Center officially opened ; here is a full-scale replica of the armadillo.

HOUR

Sunday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday 9AM–5PM

Tuesday 9AM–5PM

Wednesday 9AM–5PM

Thursday 9AM–5PM

Friday 9AM–5PM

Saturday 9AM–5PM