USS Constitution Museum
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Samuel Eliot Morison Library
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Building 22
Charlestown Navy Yard
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Boston
MA
, 02129 |
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Phone: |
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(617)426-1812
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FAX: |
(617)242-0496
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Institution Contact(s): |
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Margherita Desy, Associate Curator
(617)426-1812
Sarah Watkins, Collections Manager
(617)426-1812
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Hours: |
Daily 10:00AM-5:00PM
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Seasonal Hours: |
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December 1-February 28:
Daily 10:00AM-4:00PM
June 1-Labor Day:
9:00AM-6:00PM
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Holidays Open: |
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open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
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Online Catalog: |
Services for the Disabled: |
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Americans with Disabilities Act accessible
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Other Services: |
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Coat room/lockers
Gift shop
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Journals: |
"Constitution Chronicle" (Quarterly Newsletter)
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
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Special Collection Contact(s): |
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Margherita Desy, Associate Curator
(617)426-1812
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FAX: |
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(617)242-0496
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Hours: |
M-F 9:00AM-5:00PM
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Collections: |
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Formats: |
63 linear feet of manuscripts
archives
25 newspapers
maps
5,000 photographs
128 microforms
57 audio tapes
73 video tapes
1 oral history
39 8mm. motion picture reels
16mm. motion picture reels
2,000 realia/artifacts
250 drawings/plans
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Collection Description: |
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USS Constitution
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Access: |
Collection(s) are available by appointment only
Photo ID required
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Copying: |
All photocopying done by staff
Restrictions on scanners
Restrictions on cameras
Restrictions on tape recorders
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Loans: |
Loans for exhibits only
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Finding Guides Available: |
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General repository guide
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Directions: |
FROM NORTH (I-93):
Take Sullivan Square / Charlestown, Exit 28. Bear left up ramp onto
Rutherford Avenue. At second set of lights, left onto Chelsea
Street. (see Chelsea Street directions below).
FROM NORTH (ROUTE 1 SOUTH):
Follow Route 1 South over Tobin Bridge. Take Charlestown / Somerville
exit. At light, right onto Rutherford Avenue. At light, left onto
Chelsea Street. (See Chelsea Street directions below).
FROM SOUTH (I-93):
Take North Station, Exit 25. Right off ramp onto Causeway Street.
Left at first light (N. Washington Street). Right at end of the
bridge on Chelsea Street. (See Chelsea Street directions below).
FROM WEST:
Take I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) to the end. Take I-93N and follow
"From South" directions.
ON CHELSEA STREET:
Take a right at light (Warren Street), and left onto Water Street.
Follow signs (Approx. 500 feet) to free visitor parking areas on
both sides of Water Street.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
MBTA Water Shuttle call for schedule 617.227.4320
MBTA Subway Green or Orange Line to North Station. Turn right out of
T station onto Causeway Street. At first light (N. Washington
Street), turn left and cross the Charlestown Bridge. Follow Freedom
Trail Red Line.
MBTA Bus #93 from the Haymarket and Sullivan Square Stations.
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