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Penobscot Marine Museum
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Church Street at US Route 1, Searsport, Maine. PMM is 5 miles from Belfast, 25 from Camden, 29 from Bangor, 52 from Augusta, and 53 from Bar Harbor.
 (207) 548-2529
| Ship models,navigational instruments, paintings and some Oriental objects as well as journals, documents and photographs
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The Huntington
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1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
(818) 405-2225
| An outstanding art collection including some fine marine pieces
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The John A. Noble Maritime Collection
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1000 Richmond Terrace,
Building D,
Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 448-2500
| The $3.5 million renovation of Building D, the Noble Collections home, is complete. After seven years of an extraordinary partnership between private citizens and government, what was a desolate building is now an exquisite home for one of the country's most significant maritime collections. Gracing the historic grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the Noble Maritime Collection is a major catalyst for further advancement of the Center, for volunteerism to improve community life, and for the preservation and study of art and maritime history.
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The Kendall Whaling Museum
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27 Everett Street, Sharon, MA
| Renowned for its Dutch and Flemish paintings, engravings, and "Delft" tiles from the Age of Rembrandt; British and Continental whaling artworks spanning more than ten centuries; Japanese paintings and prints; Pacific Ocean, Eskimo, Northwest Coast Indian and other tribal art; a fully-equipped Yankee whaleboat, ship models, and whaling gear from New England's classic Age of Sail - including the world's finest collection of scrimshaw.
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U. S. Naval Academy Museum
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| Preble Hall on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Charged with collecting, preserving, and using in exhibitions and in study programs, the objects, documents, and works of art which relate the history and traditions of the United States Navy, Not much on Line
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Ventura County Maritime Museum
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2731 S. Victoria Ave.,
Oxnard, Calif. 93035
805-984-6260
| Located on Fisherman's Wharf at the coroner of Channel Islands Blvd. and Victoria Ave., the Ventura County Maritime Museum is the focal point of Chanel Islands Harbor's entertainment center.
The Museum is dedicated to the interpretation of the world's maritime history and is acknowledged as housing the finest collection of maritime art and ship models on the West Coast. The art collection spans the range of marine painters from the 17th Century Dutch to contemporary artists. An international parade of models of historic ships make up a "Genealogy of Sail" presentation representing nearly 5,000 years of sailing history. The Museum also provides and educational program in cooperation with the Ventura County public school system.
The Museum is open seven days a week; hours are 11 to 5. Suggested donation is $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for children under 12. Group tours, special activities for school groups and social events can be arranged.
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