The Mariners’ Museum and Park – Newport News, Virginia

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This is the Mariners’ Museum and Park located at 100 Museum Drive in Newport News, VA.

The museum was established in 1930 as a maritime museum by Archer Huntington and Homer Ferguson, as a private works project with workers from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.

The museum is a part of America’s National Maritime Museum and contains the largest maritime history collection in the Western Hemisphere.

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