Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum, Maritime museum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.
The Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum displays 1,500 ship models, 120,000 plans, and 200,000 photographs documenting marine engineering and naval architecture developments.
Created in 1922 by MIT's Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, the museum joined the broader MIT Museum system in 1982.
The collections document iron and steel shipbuilding activities in metropolitan Boston from 1853 to 1986, representing technological progression in American maritime construction.
The museum opens daily from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM, requiring advance appointments for weekend visits due to MIT campus access restrictions.
The museum contains the largest of three significant twentieth-century shipbuilding archives detailing Bethlehem Steel's contributions to maritime construction.
Location: Massachusetts
Part of: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
GPS coordinates: 42.35850,-71.09310
Latest update: March 8, 2025 09:45
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