The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is an official United States Navy museum that interprets the history of the Navy in the Virginia harbor of Hampton Roads. A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the region of land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the USA. It is co-located with the Nauticus National Maritime Center in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Nauticus is a maritime-themed science center and Museum located in Norfolk Virginia. Norfolk is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States
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The museum’s permanent exhibits include material on the Battle of the Chesapeake (1781), the American Civil War in Hampton Roads, the Great White Fleet, World War II and the Cold War. Background After a strategically indecisive campaign in the southern states, in the summer of 1781 British troops under Lord Cornwallis headed to the coast at Yorktown Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a Circumnavigation of the globe from December 16, World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Museum holdings are strong in the areas of naval prints, ship models and underwater archaeology. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The Hampton Roads Naval Museum is the official repository of the remains of two Civil War shipwrecks: USS Cumberland and CSS Florida. First Mediterranean Cruise She was launched 24 May 1842 by Boston Navy Yard.
History
The museum opened in 1979 in the historic Pennsylvania House. This building, a replica of Independence Hall, is one of the state pavilions remaining from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition, a world's fair. Independence The Jamestown Exposition was one of the many World's fairs and Expositions that were popular in the United States early part of the 20th century A major effort during the museum’s tenure at Pennsylvania House was the 1984 installation of a large exhibit on the Civil War in Hampton Roads.
In the 1980's the city of Norfolk, Virginia invited the museum to relocate to a new downtown maritime center. Norfolk is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States The Navy accepted the offer, and in 1994 the Hampton Roads Naval Museum opened in the Nauticus National Maritime Center. With the move, the museum’s exhibits doubled in size.
In 2000 the museum undertook management of the battleship USS Wisconsin, which was berthed next to Nauticus that year and opened to the public on April 16, 2001. Construction See also Iowa class battleship, Armament of the Iowa class battleship Wisconsin was one of the " Fast battleship
Museum Programs and Resources
Special temporary exhibits in recent years have included "Animals and the US Navy", "Cuba Libre: The Spanish-American War in the Caribbean" and "Pax Americana: The US Navy in the Era of Violent Peace". The museum also offers guided tours, a lecture series, and educational programs. An active volunteer corps participates in all museum functions. A reference library, archive and photographic collection specializing in regional naval material are open to the public by appointment.
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