Watermen's Museum - Yorktown Museum

  • Address: 309 Water Street, Yorktown, VA 23690
  • Phone: +1 757 887 2641
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  • Website:www.watermens.org
Watermen's Museum
309 Water Street
Yorktown, VA 23690

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  • The Watermen's Museum is a private non-profit museum located on the York River in historic Yorktown, VA. It was founded in 1981 as a part of the 200th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Yorktown. In October of 1781, American and French ... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • Watermen harvest seafood from the rivers and tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and have played an important part in the economy, history, and ecology of coastal Virginia for over 400 years. This museum preserves and interprets their material culture with exhibits that feature paintings, photograp... more on Virginia.org
  • The Watermen's Museum is sited in a Colonial Revival manor house on Yorktown's waterfront that was floated across the York River on a barge in 1987. In it you can learn more about the generations of men who have wrested a living from the Chesapeake Bay and nearby waters. The five galleries house ... more on Fodor's

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Watermen's Museum in Yorktown, Virginia is a great place to go, for kids and adults. The Watermen's ... judysbook.com, a user of judysbook.com. Read full review on OpenList.com

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  • www.watermens.org
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