The Mariners' Museum's collection of models is truly extraordinary. Included are one of the world's great collections of steamship builders' and boardroom models and the world-renowned creations of preeminent model makers August and Winifred Crabtree. Currently numbering around two thousand pieces; the collection contains models documenting nearly every type of vessel ever constructed. The object range in size and shape from an exquisitely detailed model of a Chinese sampan carved from a small nut to a massive half-model 33' long and 9' high of the Queen Elizabeth constructed for display at the British Pavilion during the New York World's fair of 1930-1940.

Also included in the assemblage are builders' models, half-models, miniature and waterline models, folk art and sailor-made models, patent, engine and models of ship's equipment, tow-tank and experimental models. The collection also includes a wide variety of vessels constructed by native cultures around the world and the highly significant Edwin Tappan collection of native North American canoe models.

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	Horse-Drawn Steam Fire Engine, 1904 Gibbs & Cox Inc., New York, New York, ca 1951-1957 Gift of Frederic H. Gibbs M 37
	Royal Sovereign Unidentified maker, England ca 1804 Gift of the Kriegstein Model Collection 1984.62.01
	Maud Hargreaves, Coastal Rescue Lifeboat, 1878 Unidentified maker, England, ca 1878 MD 19
	Bangalore, 1886-1908 Caroll Ray Sawyer, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1940 MD 39
	Steamboat Commonwealth J. Dean Benton, Providence, Rhode Island, ca 1864 MD 77
	Marine Walking Beam Engine Michael Coppola, New Hyde Park, New York, ca 1988-1991 1991.09.01
	Trein Maersk Unidentified maker, Denmark, 1962 Gift of Moller Steamship Company MD 138
	Prisoner-of-war model Unidentified maker, ca 1800 MH 5
	Beothuk Canoe Edwin Tappan Adney, New Brunswick, Canada, 1927 Edwin Tappan Adney Collection MP 45
	Chinese Flower Boat Unidentified maker, China, 19th century MP 30
	Jangada Unidentified maker, Brazil Gift of Dr. Paulo Furmencio MP 190
	Schooner Yacht America Attributed to George Steers, New York, New York, ca 1851 Gift of Mrs. Ermina B. Kline, Captain Harry Freeman Martin, Mr. Bray Daniel Martin, and Mrs. Agnes Martin Arnheimer MR 170

For more information, e-mail collections@MarinersMuseum.org.