National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History

National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History

Coordinates: 39°58′01″N 88°20′39″W / 39.966872°N 88.344187°W / 39.966872; -88.344187

National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History
Established 2001
Location 201 S. Market St.
Sadorus, Illinois
Type Maritime museum
Director Charles Lozar
Website National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History

The National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History is a private non-profit museum, located in Sadorus, Illinois.

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[disambiguation needed ] as well as from the television series Tugboat Annie Sails Again.

The museum is open on Saturdays (10am - 4pm) and by appointment.

In the press

The museum was featured in a 2005 Chicago Tribune cover story.[citation needed]





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