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Mariners' Museum and Park

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acquired 800 acres (320 ha) of land that now holds 90,000 square feet (8,400 m) of exhibition galleries, a research library, a 167-acre (68 ha) lake, a five-mile shoreline trail with 14 bridges, and over 35,000 maritime artifacts from around the world. After the land acquisition took
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Following the shoreline of The Mariners' Lake is the five-mile Noland Trail. Dedicated as a gift from the Noland Family in 1991 and with significant ongoing financial support from the Noland Family, the trail has fourteen bridges, picnic areas, benches, handicap access, and mile markers. Each fall
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The famous Lions Bridge, a dam that provides a scenic view of the James River, remains a highlight for visitors—a perfect family gathering place to enjoy the Museum Park. The beauty of the dam is enhanced by several fine pieces of statuary designed by Anna Hyatt Huntington, sculptor and wife of
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The museum’s collection totals approximately 32,000 artifacts, equally divided between works of art and three-dimensional objects. The scope of the collection is international and includes miniature ship models,
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have been brought to the museum, including her turret, propeller, anchor, engine, and some personal effects of the crew. For several years, they were conserved in special tanks to stabilize the metal. The USS
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Center officially opened on March 9, 2007, and displays include a full-scale replica, the original recovered turret, and many artifacts and related items. Current efforts are focused on restoring the engine.
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The Mariners’ Museum Park is open daily to the public. Benches at approximately every half-mile offer places of rest along the trail, and views of The Mariners' Lake can be found around every corner.
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The museum offers educational programs for all ages and a large research library and archives, as well as publications and Internet resources for teachers. The largest boat in its collection is the
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The Mariners' Museum Park is 550 acres of privately maintained, naturally wooded property that offers visitors a quiet and serene place to walk, run, or picnic. Within the Park is the 167-acre
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Museum founder Archer Milton Huntington. Four stone lions were mounted on the ends of the parapets of the dam in October 1932. Anna also created and dedicated a monument entitled
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The Board of Trustees had originally named the lake "Lake Maury", after nineteenth-century Virginia oceanographer Commodore
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place, the first two years were devoted to creating and improving a natural park and constructing a dam to create
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Private congressionally designated national museums of the United States
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that overlooks the Lions Bridge, the park, and The Mariners' Lake.
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The Bard Brothers -- Painting America under Steam and Sail
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The Mariners' Museum hosts a 10K run on the Noland Trail.
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Coordinates
37°03′18″N 76°29′16″W / 37.0550°N 76.4878°W / 37.0550; -76.4878
www.marinersmuseum.org
Newport News, Virginia
Congress
maritime museums
maritime history
Western Hemisphere
Archer Milton Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Warwick County, Virginia
Newport News Shipbuilding
Anna
The Mariners' Lake
scrimshaw
figureheads
steam calliope
James Bard
Antonio Jacobsen
Oracle Team USA 17
2013 America's Cup
USS Lancaster Eagle, John Haley Bellamy
USS Lancaster Eagle
John Haley Bellamy
Scrimshaw panbone, 1857, Civil Heroes of the American Revolution and Washington Monument in Richmond, Virginia, created by Nathaniel S. Finney
Scrimshaw
American Revolution

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