National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History
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About
The National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History is a private non-profit museum, located in Sadorus, Illinois. It features ship models from around the world and throughout history.
Recent exhibits include a 27-foot model of the RMS Queen Mary made entirely out of one million toothpicks. The collection includes ship models from the movies Tora! Tora! Tora!, Cleopatra, and Ben-Hur as well as from the television series Tugboat Annie Sails Again.
The museum is open on Saturdays (11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) Saturdays from April 1 to November 30; also by appointment, including through the winter holidays.
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