Ναυτικό Μουσείο ΜΙΤ (Hart Nautical Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

[Nicholas Peppas]

I have just returned from a visit of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts where I received my doctorate thirty six years ago. MIT has a wonderful little maritime museum (the Hart Nautical Museum, see also http://web.mit.edu/museum/collections/nautical.html) associated with the Ocean Engineering Department, widely considered the No 1 such Department in the World.

here are photographs of a few exhibits/models

[Nicholas Peppas]

Hart Nautical Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts

Steamer Betty Alden, 1908
She served the Boston-Plymouth line. After her museum model I include also a postcard

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[Nicholas Peppas]

Hart Nautical Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts

Christianus Quintus 1699
Famous Danish ship, unfortunately involved in slavery

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[Nicholas Peppas]

Hart Nautical Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts

All purpose (passenge/cargo) coastal ship for the Boston-Halifax line, 1910

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[Nicholas Peppas]

Hart Nautical Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts

S.S. Sirius 1837
A famous ship, the first transatlantic steamer! See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Sirius_(1837)

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[Nicholas Peppas]

Hart Nautical Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts

Santa Marta-type screw steamer of the United Fruit Co (see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Fruit_Company)

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[Nicholas Peppas]

Hart Nautical Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts

Elizabethan Galleon ca 1580


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