Archer and his wife, the sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, acquired 800 acres (3.2 km2) of land that would come to hold 61,000 square feet (5,700 m2) of exhibition galleries, a research library, a 167-acre (676,000 m2) lake, a five-mile (8 km) shoreline trail with fourteen bridges, and over 35,000 maritime artifacts from around the globe. After acquisition took place, the first two years were devoted to creating and improving a natural park and constructing a dam to create a lake that the Board of Trustees named "Lake Maury", after the nineteenth-century Virginian Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury, who was nicknamed the "Father of Modern Oceanography".
The Museum's collection is of an international scope and includes 35,000 artifacts. There are 10 permanent galleries, changing and traveling exhibits, and virtual galleries available through the museum website. The Mariners' Museum is home to the U.S.S. Monitor Center, which officially opened on March 9, 2007, and includes display of a full-scale replica of the ironclad warshipMonitor, the original recovered turret, and many artifacts and related items. The famous Union ironclad USS Monitor fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads in March 1862 during the American Civil War.
On June 19, 2020, during the George Floyd protests, as references to Confederate figures were being removed from names, The Mariners' Museum's board of trustees voted to rename the lake from "Lake Maury" to "The Mariners' Lake".[1][2]
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^"Newport News' Lake Maury, named for Confederate officer, is now the Mariners' Lake". 8 July 2020.
mariners, lake, reservoir, which, created, part, natural, park, grounds, mariners, museum, park, located, independent, city, newport, news, hampton, roads, region, southeastern, virginia, mallards, show, virginiashow, united, stateslocationmariners, museum, pa. The Mariners Lake is a reservoir which was created as part of the natural park on the grounds of the Mariners Museum and Park located in the independent city of Newport News in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia The Mariners LakeMallards on The Mariners LakeThe Mariners LakeShow map of VirginiaThe Mariners LakeShow map of the United StatesLocationMariners Museum and Park Newport News VirginiaCoordinates37 02 31 N 76 29 14 W 37 04194 N 76 48722 W 37 04194 76 48722TypereservoirBasin countriesUnited StatesSurface area167 acres 68 ha The museum was founded in 1932 by Archer Milton Huntington son of Collis P Huntington a railroad builder who brought the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to Warwick County Virginia and who founded the City of Newport News its coal export facilities and Newport News Shipbuilding in the late 19th century Archer and his wife the sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington acquired 800 acres 3 2 km2 of land that would come to hold 61 000 square feet 5 700 m2 of exhibition galleries a research library a 167 acre 676 000 m2 lake a five mile 8 km shoreline trail with fourteen bridges and over 35 000 maritime artifacts from around the globe After acquisition took place the first two years were devoted to creating and improving a natural park and constructing a dam to create a lake that the Board of Trustees named Lake Maury after the nineteenth century Virginian Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury who was nicknamed the Father of Modern Oceanography The Museum s collection is of an international scope and includes 35 000 artifacts There are 10 permanent galleries changing and traveling exhibits and virtual galleries available through the museum website The Mariners Museum is home to the U S S Monitor Center which officially opened on March 9 2007 and includes display of a full scale replica of the ironclad warship Monitor the original recovered turret and many artifacts and related items The famous Union ironclad USS Monitor fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads in March 1862 during the American Civil War On June 19 2020 during the George Floyd protests as references to Confederate figures were being removed from names The Mariners Museum s board of trustees voted to rename the lake from Lake Maury to The Mariners Lake 1 2 References edit The Mariners Lake Archived from the original on 2020 07 09 Retrieved 2020 07 09 Newport News Lake Maury named for Confederate officer is now the Mariners Lake 8 July 2020 External links edit15 Slideshow images of Lake Maury The Mariners Museum nbsp This City of Newport News Virginia state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Mariners 27 Lake amp oldid 1191083422, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
