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The museum was founded in 1930 by Archer Milton Huntington, son of Collis P. Huntington, a railroad builder who brought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Warwick County, Virginia, and who founded the City of Newport News, its coal export facilities, and Newport News Shipbuilding in the late 19th century.
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The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia The USS Lancaster Eagle is a figurehead that was carved in 1880-1881 by John Haley Bellamy for the USS Lancaster . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The eagle is currently owned by and displayed at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia .
The first modern duel of ironclad warships, the Battle of Hampton Roads, took place not far off Newport News Point in 1862. [1] Recovered artifacts from the USS Monitor are displayed at the Mariners' Museum, one of the more notable museums of its type in the world. The museum's collection totals approximately 35,000 artifacts, of which ...
Savana Dunning, Newport Daily News August 9, 2024 at 5:05 AM Bellevue Avenue, a street already lined with the mansion museums of the Gilded Age elite, is expecting a future addition to its roster ...
An active volunteer corps participates in all museum functions. A reference library, archive and photographic collection specializing in regional naval material are open to the public by appointment. The museum maintains a weekly historical blog post on a variety of naval history topics related to the Hampton Roads, Virginia area.
The Navy, along with the VA and California’s health and toxicity agencies, say the levels of contamination at the former shipyard are currently low and pose no public health hazards.
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