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Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston
The collection of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes includes: Archival Materials; Art; Artefacts; Photographs and Library materials, Shipping Company Collections, Shipbuilding and Design Collections; The Museum’s Historic Site.
The official geographic limits of the collection are from Montreal to the Lakehead. The major exception to these limits is the library collection, which is International in scope.
Names of Collections
Description
Shipbuilding and Yacht Design Collections
There are over 50,000 ship,watercraft and yacht plans in the collection. Business records, photographs and library holdings complement the plan collections. Naval vessels, merchant ships, dredgers, tugs,ice breakers and yachts are well represented.
Many of these Marine Museum Collections have been designated, Canadian Cultural Property. There are numerous individual designers and small building yards represented. Shipping company business records often include ships plans. Among these are Algoma Marine, Canada Steamship Lines and Upper Lakes Shipping.
Vessel Types
Type of Access
Researchers are advised to contact the museum in advance. Email is preferred followed by a written request. And yes, phone calls are accepted at 613-542-2261.
Contact
The Curator/Collections Manager is Lena Beliveau: curator@marmuseum.ca.
The Curator Emeritus is Maurice D Smith
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
55 Ontario Street,
Kingston, Ontario
