150 years ago, these men served aboard the ironclad USS Monitor.
![](https://www.marinersmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/PN514MonitorCrewonDeck-1.jpg?w=1024)
10 years ago, NOAA and the U.S. Navy recovered Monitor‘s revolving gun turret and transported it to The Mariners’ Museum for conservation and exhibit.
![](https://www.marinersmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Turret-1.jpg?w=1024)
33 days from now, on December 30, this could be you inside Monitor‘s gun turret:
![](https://www.marinersmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2147-1.jpg?w=1024)
Want to find out how you can experience this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity AND also help preserve this piece of our national heritage? Check out the following links for more info:
http://www.marinersmuseum.org/monitor150experience
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USS-Monitor-Center-Gun-Turret-Experience-/321029892893