Herreshoff Marine Museum

Herreshoff Marine Museum

The Herreshoff Marine Museum, located in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, is an important maritime museum dedicated to the history of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, yachting, and the America's Cup. The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company (1878-1945) was most notable for producing sailing yachts, including eight America's Cup defenders, and steam-powered vessels.

The museum, situated on the waterfront of the Narragansett Bay on the grounds where the manufacturing company once stood, has a collection of over sixty boats including Nathanael Greene Herreshoff's "Clara", built in 1887, Harold Vanderbilt's "Trivia", and the 1992 IACC yacht, "Defiant". The Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Model Room contains over 500 yacht and steam-yacht models and the Rebecca Chase Herreshoff Library holds a collection of books and manuscripts related to the company, the Herreshoff family, and yachting. The museum also hosts symposiums related to yacht design and operates a sailing school.

History

The museum was founded in 1971 by A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff and Rebecca Chase Herreshoff to preserve the accomplishments of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. In 1992, the museum launched the America's Cup Hall of Fame to honor outstanding individuals of the America's Cup yacht race.

ee also

* List of maritime museums in the United States
* List of museum ships

External links

* [http://www.herreshoff.org Official site]


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