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. It features ship models from around the world and throughout history.[1]
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| Established | 2001 |
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| Location | 201 S. Market St. Sadorus, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.966872°N 88.344187°W |
| Type | Maritime museum |
| Director | Charles Lozar |
| Website | National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History |
Recent exhibits include a 27-foot 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 as well as from the television series Tugboat Annie Sails Again.
The museum is open on Saturdays (11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) Saturdays from April 1 to November 30; also by appointment, including through the winter holidays.[2]
In the press
The museum was featured in a 2005 Chicago Tribune cover story.
Further reading
Reid, Tony. “Sadorus Man and the Sea.” Herald & Review (Decatur, IL), 10 May 2010. Accessed through EBSCOhost. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
External links
- Official website of the National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History
References
- "National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- "Sadorus museum crammed full of maritime history with models, texts, much more". News Gazette. Retrieved 22 December 2016.