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National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History
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Established2001
Location201 S. Market St.
Sadorus, Illinois
Coordinates39°58′01″N 88°20′39″W / 39.966872°N 88.344187°W / 39.966872; -88.344187
TypeMaritime museum
DirectorCharles Lozar
Website[http://www.lincolnshireprop.com/museum/introduction.html National Museum of Ship Models

and

Sea History]

The National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History is a private non-profit museum, located in Sadorus, Illinois.

Recent exhibits include a 27 feet model of the RMS Queen Mary made entirely out of one million toothpicks. Ship models from the movies Tora Tora Tora, Cleopatra, and Ben Hur as well as the television series Tugboat Annie Sails Again.

The museum is open on saturdays (10am - 4pm) and by appointment.

In the press

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The museum was featured in a 2005 Chicago Tribune cover story.