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The National Maritime Museum
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Park Row
Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
 0181 312 6678/38
| info desk 0181-312-6607
The finest collection of British Marine Art in the world. Unfortunately not very much is on display. Call the information desk for details of current exhibits and events.
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
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Cromwell Road,
London SW7 2RL
0171-938-8500
| Contains the National Art Library. A readers card is needed but is readily available. Easy access to old auction catalogs, magazines, and just about any art book ever published.
Also contains the Print and Watercolour Room. Access to the thousands of watercolours in the museums collection on 15-30 minute notice.
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The Tate Gallery
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Millbank,
London,
SW1P 4RG
+44 20 7887 8008
| One of the Great General Art Galleries of the world. Has many of it's paintings on line including a large collection of JMW Turner
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Maine Maritime Museum
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243 Washington Street, Bath, ME 04530
(207) 443-1316
| Founded in 1962, Maine Maritime Museum collects, preserves and interprets materials relating to the maritime history of Maine. Located on the banks of the Kennebec River in Bath, the Museum is a major regional cultural resource and a highly popular visitor destination. Maine's maritime heritage is told through gallery exhibits, an historic shipyard site, adult and children's educational programs, special events and narrated excursions along the rivers and coast to points of historic significance and scenic beauty.
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Mariners' Museum
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100 Museum Drive,
Newport News, Va 23606
757-596-2222
| At The Mariners', you'll discover galleries filled with an international collection of intricately carved figureheads, detailed ship models, paintings, decorative arts, and other maritime artifacts! Complementing the collection are the impressive Research Library and Archives, The Museum Shop, the film Mariner, historical interpreters, and a 550-acre park and lake.
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Mystic Seaport Museum
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75 Greenmanville Ave.,
PO Box 6000,
Mystic CT 06355-0990
860.572.0711
| Mystic Seaport is an outdoor maritime museum . Located on a 40 acre waterfront site in the town of
Mystic, Connecticut, the Museum exhibits historic tall ships and small
boats, a New England coastal village and extensive collections of art,
shipmodels and artifacts.
Mystic Seaport's collection of paintings comprises well over a thousand pieces, concentrating on the time period from the War of 1812 to World War II. There are over 600 oil paintings, over 500 watercolors and many drawings.
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Peabody Essex Museum
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East India Square,
Salem, MA 01970,
(508) 745-1876
| The Peabody Essex Museum is a museum of art and culture with internationally renowned collections featuring significant holdings of maritime art and history, American art and architecture, Asian export art, natural history, and art and artifacts from global cultures.
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South Street Seaport Museum
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Water Street,
New York City
| Major collection of maritime art and artifacts relating to the history of the Port of New York. 40,000 plus photographs.
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