U.S. Naval Academy Museum
- U.S. Naval Academy Museum
The U.S. Naval Academy Museum is a public maritime museum in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Being part of the United States Naval Academy, it is located at Preble Hall within the Academy premises . It's history dates back to 1845 (founded as "Naval School Lyceum"). The museum has an area of 12,000 square feet with four galleries. It is currently headed J. Scott Harmon, Director.
Collection
The collection which reflects much of American naval history and partly the naval forces of other countries. That includes thousands of two and three dimensional artwork such as flags, uniforms, weapons, medals, books, instruments and photographs as well as naval objects other than art. Major collections are "The Rogers Ship Model Collection", the "Naval Academy Art Collection" (including c. 1,200 paintings), the "Malcolm Storer Naval Medals Collection" (including ancient coins) and "The Beverley R. Robinson Collection" (prints of naval history).
References
*www.usna.edu
ee also
*List of museums in Maryland
External links
* [http://www.usna.edu/Museum/ www.usna.edu/Museum — Official website]
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