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Masterpieces of navigation the Mariners' Museum.

From: The Magazine Antiques  |  Date: 4/1/2002  |  Author: Willoz-Egnor, Jeanne

The Mariners Museum, one of the world's finest maritime museums, is situated in Newport News, Virginia, on the banks of the James River close to the important port of Hampton Roads. The museum was founded in 1930 by Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955) and Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973), whose other philanthropies include the Hispanic Society of America in New York City and Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. They envisioned an institution "devoted to the culture ...

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