Independence Seaport Museum

Independence Seaport Museum

The Independence Seaport Museum (formerly the Philadelphia Maritime Museum) is a museum dedicated to the maritime history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley. It is located in the Penn's Landing complex along the Delaware River in Philadelphia. The museum was founded in 1961 by J. Welles Henderson and has dozens of exhibits including the warship USS "Olympia" and the submarine USS "Becuna".

History

The museum was founded in 1961 as the Philadelphia Maritime Museum by J. Welles Henderson. The museum consisted of Henderson's own personal collection and was housed in a rented room in the Athenaeum on Washington Square. Henderson founded the museum because he felt that Philadelphia's maritime history had been forgotten and was frustrated there wasn't a maritime museum in the city like many other cities in New England.cite journal | quotes=no | first=Sally A. | last=Downey | year=2007 | month=May 13 | title=His love of the sea launched a museum | journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20070513_His_love_of_the_sea_launched_a_museum.html | format=dead link|date=June 2008 – [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AHis+love+of+the+sea+launched+a+museum&as_publication=The+Philadelphia+Inquirer&as_ylo=2007&as_yhi=2007&btnG=Search Scholar search] ]

The museum later moved to Third and Chestnut Streets, and then moved again to Penn's Landing along the Delaware River.cite journal | quotes=no | first=Craig R. | last=McCoy | year=2007 | month=March 02 | title=Veteran skipper to steer museum | journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer | url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20070302_Veteran_skipper_to_steer_museum.html | format=dead link|date=June 2008 – [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AVeteran+skipper+to+steer+museum&as_publication=The+Philadelphia+Inquirer&as_ylo=2007&as_yhi=2007&btnG=Search Scholar search] ] The museum moved to its current location at Penn's Landing in 1995, when it was renamed the Independence Seaport Museum.

In June 2007 former Independence Seaport Museum president John S. Carter pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and tax evasion from misappropriating more than US$1 million in funds from the museum. He received a fifteen year sentence in federal prison. [cite journal | quotes=no | first=John | last=Shiffman | year=2007 | month=June 04 | title=Former Seaport Museum president pleads guilty | journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20070604_Former_Seaport_Museum_director_pleads_guilty.html | format=dead link|date=June 2008 – [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AFormer+Seaport+Museum+president+pleads+guilty&as_publication=The+Philadelphia+Inquirer&as_ylo=2007&as_yhi=2007&btnG=Search Scholar search] ] Carter, who was president of the museum from 1989 to March 2006, was accused of using money from the museum to buy numerous personal items, including two boats, an espresso machine and a carriage house for his home in Cape Cod between 1997 and 2006. [cite journal | quotes=no | first=John | last=Shiffman | year=2007 | month=May 22 | title=Ex-seaport museum chief charged | journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer | url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/special/fbi_probes/20070522_Ex-seaport_museum_chief_charged.html | format=dead link|date=June 2008 – [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AEx-seaport+museum+chief+charged&as_publication=The+Philadelphia+Inquirer&as_ylo=2007&as_yhi=2007&btnG=Search Scholar search] ]

Exhibits

There are many maritime artifacts, ship models, and full-sized boats in the permanent and interactive exhibitions. The exhibits focus on the Port of Philadelphia, trade, immigration, shipbuilding, and deep sea submersibles. [cite web| url=http://www.phillyseaport.org/Permanent_Exhibits.shtml#8 | title=Permanent Exhibits | publisher=Independence Seaport Museum | accessdate = 2007-05-22 ] There are two historic ships displayed near the museum. They are the USS "Olympia", one of the United States' first steel warships, and the World War II submarine USS "Becuna".

ee also

*"Moshulu"
*"Gazela"
*List of maritime museums in the United States
*List of museum ships

References

External links

* [http://www.phillyseaport.org Official Site]
* [http://www.pennslandingcorp.com Penn's Landing Corporation]


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