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Long Island Maritime Museum

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The Long Island Maritime Museum was founded in 1966 on the waterfront grounds of the former Meadowedge estate of Mrs. Florence Bourne Hard in West Sayville. Florence Hard was the daughter of Frederick Gilbert Bourne, president of Singer Sewing Machine from 1889 to 1905. Charged with the mission of preserving Long Island’s maritime history and heritage for educational purposes, the Museum has been welcoming visitors from all over the world for over 40 years.

The Museum’s Main Exhibit and Administrative Building, formerly the estate’s garage, houses a collection of local half models, a permanent exhibit on Long Island shipwrecks and the United States Lifesaving Service, and a gallery for annual exhibits. Hervey Garrett Smith is credited to being the Museum's founder and first director. The Museum grounds and buildings were originally owned by the Bourne-Hard family.

The Long Island Maritime Museum is committed to research, preservation and interpretation of our region’s rich nautical heritage and the role of Long Island in our national maritime story. Whether it’s boat building, shipwrecks, shellfish harvesting or recreational boating that captures your imagination, it’s all here under our roofs. Kids will discover the links between the Island's maritime and natural histories. They will encounter some of the amazing creatures living in our local waters


On Saturday, April 7, 1888, Elisha Saxton launched his brand new working sloop Priscilla into the Patchogue River. Saxton had built Priscilla for George Rhinehart of Lawrence, New York, who named the boat after his wife Priscilla. From 1888 to 1963, Priscilla was owned and operated by several oystermen from Connecticut and New York.

Restored Oyster Sloop Priscilla, Floating Ambassador of the Long Island Maritime Museum, sets sail for a series of summer events.       


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Additional rotating exhibits are on view in other galleries throughout the Museum. The collections of the Maritime Museum encompass buildings on the Museum grounds. The main building is an original structure from the Meadow Edge estate. The Bayman's Cottage, The Frank F. Penney Boat Shop and the William Rudolph Oyster House were all moved to the Museum grounds to illustrate the area's maritime history.

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Long Island Maritime Museum  http://www.limaritime.org/index.html

Loving Long Island.com http://www.loving-long-island.com/
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