Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum

Hart Nautical Gallery
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The Hart Nautical Gallery is a gallery in the MIT Museum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.[1]

The original Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum was established in 1922 at MIT as part of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.[2][3] It was incorporated into the MIT Museum in 1982.

William A. Baker, a maritime historian, was curator of the museum from 1963– until his death in 1981.[4] The collections[3][5] include construction drawings of the Doris sailing yacht, William Hand’s surviving drawings, and material relating to Jacob Aaron Westervelt.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Maritime and Naval Museums: Massachusetts, USA.
  2. ↑ Museums, libraries, archives 51 — 75 of 161 records, Intute, UK.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, USA.
  4. ↑ William A. Baker Collection, MIT Museum, USA.
  5. ↑ Nautical Collections List, MIT Museum, USA.

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Coordinates: 42°21′30.74″N 71°05′35.34″W / 42.3585389°N 71.0931500°W