Maritime Museum of Amelia Island - Fernandina Beach, FL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
N 30° 39.205 W 081° 27.654
17R E 455841 N 3391283
The Maritime Museum of Amelia Island displays many artifacts and provides insight into the maritime history of the area.
Waymark Code: WMQ9JJ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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"Mission

To serve as the community memory of our seafaring experience by collecting, preserving, and presenting our rich maritime heritage and historic connections with the generations of today. Not only has the sea determined the progress and shape of the Amelia Island geographic area, our understanding of that relationship and responsibilities for stewardship of the oceans will determine future island development.

Goals

- To preserve Amelia Island’s maritime history and heritage for educational purposes.
- To purchase, collect, restore and preserve vessels and related equipment having to do with past and present maritime activities of the Amelia Island area, including but not limited to shipbuilding, shell fishing, commercial and sport fishing, pleasure and competitive boating, watercraft and the ethnic heritage pertaining there to.
- To restore, preserve, interpret, display and exhibit watercraft of historical interest, models of ships and small craft, tools and implements of the maritime crafts and trades, paintings, prints, maps, charts, and books."

--Source (visit link)
Museum Address:
1335 South 8th Street
Fernandina Beach, FL USA
32034


Museum Website: [Web Link]

Cost: 0.00 (listed in local currency)

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday through Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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