SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM

Address: 6 Harbor Way #177, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
Contact: Leon A. Fleischer, Executive Director
Tel/fax: 805-962-8404 / 805-962-7634
E-mail: museum@silcom.com
Internet: http://www.sbmm.org

Hours: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday effective 6/99.
Visitors: 100,000 per year

Mission Statement:. To preserve and present to the public the maritime heritage of California's Central coast, while providing an ongoing educational platform to study and record human interaction with the marine environment.

Use of the Collection: Access to archives effective 6/99, with no appointment. No electronic access. Documents $10 - $15 per copy, Photographs $25 per copy, Drawings $10 - $15 per copy. Will respond to written inquiries within 5 working days. Copy orders filled within 10 working days

Collection Content:

• General areas - Nautical instruments, Navigational aids, Models, Vessels, Maritime Art, 19th and 20th century.
• Library -
  Approximate number of books 1,000
  Approximate number of vessel technical drawings 50
  Approximate number of vessel photographs 100
  Dwight Brooks, Jr. Model Collection

  Paintings - Number on public display: 10, Number not on display 5, subject: vessels.

  Models - Number on public display 15 effective 10/98, Number not on display 40

  USS Constitution (ca. 1890)

  Full scale historical vessels -

  Ranger, 1917 Sport Fishing boat,41' x 12' 20,000# 2 swivel fighting chairs with rod sockets, cruising speed 8 knots, sleeps 4.

  Sea Mew, 1916 Sail boat, 14' x 6' 8" 14' mast can be rigged as a cat boat or sloop

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