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Mariners' Museum and Park
The Mariners' Museum and Park is a national maritime museum located in Newport News, Virginia.

History
In 1930, the Mariners' Museum was founded by Archer Milton Huntington and Homer L. Ferguson. It was constructed of 800 acres of land surrounding Watts Creek in Newport News, Virginia.

Library
The Mariners' Museum Library has the largest maritime history collection in the Western Hempisphere, consisting of over two million items. These items include 78,000 books, 800,000 photographs and films, and over one million pieces of archival material

Park
The Park subsists of 550 acres of land, with the 167-acre lake, Lake Maury, and a file mile trail. The lake was created in 1932 by building a dam through Watts Creek and was named after oceanographer Matthew Fontaine Maury.