Maritime Museum Round-up – Models, Spooks, Anchors and a New Museum

USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild’s Annual Model Ship Show – Models in the Spotlight – Running through March 20th. Admission to the Museum and the exhibit are free; donations are welcome. A total of 75 different ships created by modelers from across New England will be on display.

Haunted night at Hull Maritime Museum –  Hull’s Maritime Museum will hold its first ever haunted night. The ghoulish event will take place in the dark hours of Saturday, May 15. It comes after several staff members experienced spooky happenings in the 140-year-old building.

Pulled from ocean floor off New Jersey, anchor now a museum piece – The anchor of the Stolt Dagali has been presented to the Museum of New Jersey Maritime History. The Stolt Dagali sank Thanksgiving Day 1964 off the coast of Belmar, Monmouth County, after it was run down by the SS Shalom in dense fog. The Stolt Dagali was sheared in half, and the stern section sank in 120 feet of water

New Florida Maritime Museum approved – After much debate, the Pensacola City Council approved the University of West Florida plan for the Admiral John H. Fetterman State of Florida Maritime Museum and Research Center during a special meeting on Feb. 2.

Thanks to Alaric Bond for the references.

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