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The USS Monitor Center houses the award-winning exhibit Ironclad Revolution as well as the largest and most advanced conservation lab of any maritime museum in the world, The Batten Conservation Complex.
USS Monitor Story. Monitor’s legacy is all about people. From the heroes who fought for national unity to the engineers who created a technological marvel to the conservators preserving its story today, Monitor’s story is our story.
USS Monitor represents the world’s largest marine archaeological metals conservation project. More than 210 tons of material were excavated from Monitor ’s wreck site, all requiring care. Among the historically significant objects recovered are Monitor ‘s revolving gun turret, two Dahlgren guns, and its steam propulsion engine.
The Mariners' Museum, designated by Congress as America's National Maritime Museum, is home to the USS Monitor Center, which opened in March 2007. The Monitor Center is the official repository for the artifacts recovered from the famous Civil War ironclad ship that revolutionized naval warfare.
The Mariners' Museum is home to the USS Monitor Center. The ironclad Monitor was made famous in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862 during the American Civil War, and its remains were located on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean about 16 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. [ 7 ]
The USS Monitor Center, the official visitor center for Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, is located within The Mariners’ Museum and Park. Over 50,000 square feet of interactive gallery exhibits, artifacts, and replicas bring the story of Monitor and its crew to life.
A short drive (30 min) from WIlliamsburg and a great option for any poor weather during your vacation. Contains the actual Monitor as well as reconstructions of the Monitor and Merrimac and history of the sea campaigns of the Civil War. Read more.
The USS Monitor center and Mariner's Museum is a great place for naval history buffs. Among other things, they have incredibly detailed scale models of almost any type of ship you can imagine. However, the centerpiece of the museum is the USS Monitor.
On March 9, 2007, the USS Monitor Center opened to the public. At the heart of the center is the exhibition--Ironclad Revolution--a melding of artifacts, original documents, paintings, personal accounts, interactive exhibits and environments that will pique all five senses.
The new $30 million, 63,500-square-foot USS Monitor Center wing is home to numerous artifacts, a major interactive exhibition on the two ironclad vessels, their battle, the men who served on them, and modern-day efforts to recover and conserve more than 1,200 artifacts from the Union ironclad.