Established 2001 Director Charles Lozar | Type Maritime museum Founded 2001 | |
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Location 201 S. Market St.
Sadorus, Illinois Website National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History | ||
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The National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History is a private non-profit museum, located in Sadorus, Illinois. It features ship models from around the world and throughout history.
Contents
Recent exhibits include a 27 feet model of the RMS Queen Mary made entirely out of one million toothpicks. The collection includes ship models from the movies Tora! Tora! Tora!, Cleopatra, and Ben Hur as well as from the television series Tugboat Annie Sails Again.
The museum is open on Saturdays (11 am-4:30pm) Saturdays from April 1 to Nov. 30; also by appointment (including through the winter holidays).
In the press
The museum was featured in a 2005 Chicago Tribune cover story.
References
National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA