12 guns on display
Founded in 1845
Annapolis, Maryland
- 1845 – founded as the Naval School Lyceum
- 1849 – Navy’s collection of historic flags added to collection
- 1939 – construction of Preble Hall
- 12,000 square feet
- four galleries
- 2007-2009 – complete renovation to turn the building into a modern museum
- Rogers Ship Model Collection (108 ship and boat models)
- Naval Academy Art Collection (1,200 paintings)
- Malcolm Storer Naval Medals Collection (w/ ancient coins)
- Beverley R. Robinson Collection
(woodcuts, etchings, line engravings, mezzotints, aquatints, and lithographs of naval history). - open seven days a week, from 9 am to 5 pm on Mondays through Saturdays, and 11 am to 5 pm on Sundays; it is only closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day
U.S. Naval Academy Museum
118 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21402-5034
(410) 293-2108
http://www.usna.edu/Museum
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