Photos taken in USA and tagged as museums

Day 126 - Shipwreck Historeum, Tower

This is a replica on the original "Wreckers" warehouse of Asa Tifts. Towers were used to spot shipwrecks on the reefs - a great sourse of wealth to the first salvage ship to reach it.

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 126 - Shipwreck Historeum, Sloop

The Key West wreckers used sloops such as this in their salvage operations.

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 126 - Shipwreck Historeum

This was originally the warehouse of the most successful 'wrecker', or salvage operator on Key West, Asa Tifts.

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Treasure Box & Silver Coins

This is from the Spanish Treasure Galleon, Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which went down in a hurricane in 1622 with about 200,000 silver coins among other things.

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Slave Ship Cauldron

Another shipwreck found by Mel Fisher is the Henrietta Marie, a slave ship. This copper cauldron was used to feed 250 slaves on board.

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Shackles

These were some of the 80 pairs of shackles found on the Henriette Marie.

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Gold Bars

These gold bars are from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha wreck. Another exhibit is set up so you can try lifting one, they are very heavy.

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Crossbows

I think this is from the Santa Clara wreck from 1564, no treasure but lots of historical value (which is probably the real treasure).

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum

Mel Fisher & Co. have located many shipwrecks. This museum houses some of the most famous treasures found and information about the ships and era of treasure galleons.

Date: 5 January 2008
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Key West, USA: gallery
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Day 111 - Macon, Music HOF

Macon is home to two new Hall of Fames, the Music HOF and Georgia Atheletes. I think this is the Music HOF, but could have gotten them mixed up.

Date: 22 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Macon, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island_Museum

This is housed in an 1898 Gun Battery

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island Museum, Lt Morgan

This photo was one of the displays in the Tybee Island Museum. 2nd Lt. Morgan had just graduated from the Engineering school on the island and was drowned attempting to rescue the crew of a ship wrecked nearby around 1900.