Hi, I’m spending much time in Newport News this fall for work related travel. This weekend I decided to go to the local Mariners’ Museum to kill an hours or so time. Surprisingly, I spent 5 hours there loving it.
First off, for all of August admission is only $1 (nice surprise getting back $19 from a $20), but really well worth the usual full price. Yes, there are plenty of well done historical exhibits ranging from the age of exploration up to modern Navy ships. They have a nice section on the ironclad revolution which replicas of the of the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia(aka Merrimack) include the actual recovered USS Monitor on site. But all that aside, the sailor in me was very impressed by modern exhibits like the "International Small Craft Center” with many sailboats and the "Abandon Ship: Stories of Survival” with many sailboat survival exhibits. In fact going into the museum's bathrooms was a learning experience (see: http://www.marinersmuseum.org/a-head-of-its-time/ <http://www.marinersmuseum.org/a-head-of-its-time/>) If you are anywhere within several hours drive, I highly recommend a visit to this museum. Here’s the Museum’s website to check out: http://www.marinersmuseum.org - Paul E. 1981 C&C 38 Landfall S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/
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