In Sadorus, a collector found the perfect building for his national museum of ship models. In sleepy Sadorus, a farm town near Champaign, a collector/expert found the perfect building for his national ...

When the Queen Mary in Long Beach opens its new Ship Model Gallery on Thursday, look for a miniature Winston Churchill. The tiny former British prime minister appears with a top hat strolling on the ...

Organized by R. Michael Wall, proprietor of the American Marine Model Gallery in Gloucester, and Judith Lund, former curator of the museum, the exhibit features a wide range of models selected to ...

Lovers of tiny ships, rejoice. The USS Constitution Museum in Charlestown will open an exhibit Nov. 14 of ship models made by members of the USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild, according to the ...

As anyone who has ever built a model of any kind knows, one person’s tedium is another’s bliss. You’ll find ample proof of that axiom right now at the USS Constitution Museum, where a ship model show ...

A testament to the romance of the sea, the Houston Maritime Museum is tucked away in an old house near the Medical Center. The nonprofit museum at 2004 Dorrington houses more than 100 models of ships ...

To mark the 240th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party on Monday, the New Bedford Whaling Museum unveiled a model of the Dartmouth, the first ship to be built in New Bedford. The ship, constructed in ...

Giuseppi Gallettini loved the sea. Born in Pozzallo, Sicily, on July 30, 1878, Gallettini was a teenager when he joined the Italian Merchant Marines. At the age of 20, he joined the Italian Royal Navy ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s been just about a year since the US Navy commissioned the newest of six ships named in honor of the City of Savannah, the USS Savannah LCS-28. The Littoral Combat Ship was ...

It's easy to miss the Doran Bay Model Ship Museum. Just off County Road 2 in Ontario's South Dundas Township, it fills the first floor of a... Aug 08, 2012 — It's easy to miss the Doran Bay Model Ship ...

There are literally dozens and dozens of ship models placed throughout the New Jersey Maritime Museum. There are schooners, tugboats, steamboats, private yachts, and military vessels. Deb Whitcraft, ...