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Bronx Museums | Maritime Industry Museums |

Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler, the Bronx, New York, U.S.A.
Maritime Industry Museum

The Maritime Industry Museum is housed on the campus of the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College at historic Fort Schuyler, The Bronx, New York.

Location
State University of New York Maritime College Campus
6 Pennyfield Avenue
The Bronx, New York 10465

Tel.: (718) 409 7218
E-mail: MaritimeMuseum@juno.com

Museum Web Site

http://www.sunymaritime.edu/museum/Default.htm

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Information
How to get there
By car
From Brooklyn or Queens via the Whitestone Bridge
Pay toll at extreme right booth, take immediate right exit to traffic light, turn right to next traffic light, turn right proceed past next traffic light onto Route 295. On 295, keep to right and take "Fort Schuyler" exit, just before the Throgs Neck Bridge. At stop sign turn right, go to traffic light, turn left onto Pennyfield Avenue, proceeding approximately one mile to College entrance.

From Manhattan
East Side North on East River Drive - FDR Drive to either:
(a) Willis Avenue Bridge (no toll) then keep right to Bruckner Blvd. to ramp leading to Bruckner Expressway, then follow Throgs Neck Bridge signs to Fort Schuyler Exit just before bridge. Refer to Brooklyn or Queens via Whitestone Bridge for further directions.

(b) Triborough Bridge ($3.50 toll) follow "New England" signs to Throgs Neck Bridge signs to Fort Schuyler Exit just before bridge. Refer to Brooklyn or Queens via Whitestone Bridge for further directions.

From Manhattan: West Side North on West Side Highway to 178 Street Exit to Interstate 95 North and Cross Bronx Expressway. Follow Throgs Neck Bridge signs to Fort Schuyler Exit just before bridge. Refer to Brooklyn or Queens via Whitestone Bridge for further directions.

From New Jersey via George Washington Bridge
Garden State or NJ Turnpike to New York and Interstate 95 North, then follow signs to Throgs Neck Bridge to Fort Schuyler Exit just before bridge. Refer to Brooklyn or Queens via Whitestone Bridge for further directions.

From Upper New York State and New York State Thruway
(a) After crossing Tappan Zee Bridge, south on Interstate 87 to Interstate 95 North. Follow Throgs Neck signs to Fort Schuyler Exit just before Bridge or

(b) After crossing Tappan Zee Bridge, follow I-287, then south on Sprain Brook Parkway and Bronx River Parkway to I-95 North. Follow signs to Throgs neck Bridge and take the Fort Schuyler Exit. Refer to Brooklyn or Queens via Whitestone Bridge for further directions.

From Hutchinson River Parkway South to Bruckner Expressway
Exit, Interstate 95 South, (sharp right after overpass) then follow Throgs neck Bridge signs to Fort Schuyler Exit on right just before bridge. Caution: You must cross three lanes in 300 yards. Refer to Brooklyn or Queens via Whitestone Bridge for further directions.

From Long Island and Long Island Expressway
West on Long Island Expressway to either Cross Island Parkway or Clearview Expressway North to Throgs Neck Bridge: take Pennyfield Avenue-Fort Schuyler Exit IMMEDIATELY after toll station. If possible use right most toll booths. At second stop sign turn left over highway onto Pennyfield Avenue to College entrance.

By Subway
From Manhattan via "Pelham Bay Local" of the Lexington Avenue (East Side) I.R.T. Subway. Change at Westchester Square Stations, and take bus- marked "Bx40 Fort Schuyler" -directly to the gate of the College, which is the last stop on this bus route. (Note: Trip often takes ninety minutes.)

By bus
The New York Bus Service offers express bus service between Manhattan and Throgs Neck. Call (718)994-5500 for stop information. The stop for Fort Schuyler is at the intersection of Pennyfield and Harding Avenue, approximately 1/2 mile from the campus.

About the Museum
The museum was established in 1986 when Capt. Jeffrey Monroe, a former Associate Professor of Transportation at the Maritime College, with the help of Jack Hayes, a 1947 engineer graduate of the college. Since then, steamship lines, related companies in the maritime industry, and merchant marine history buffs donated objects and artifacts to supplement the museum collection.

The collections
The museum offers one of the largest collections of maritime industry materials in the nation and is displayed chronologically.

The main exhibit area located on the second floor is entitled "The Evolution of Seafaring" and encompasses the history of seafaring from the ancient Phoenicians to present day steamship companies and passenger ship lines. Exhibits in the area include paintings, models of early sailing vessels, clipper ships, turn of the century vessels up to and including the present day, as well as tools and navigational instruments of bygone days to modern times.

The museum collection serves as a depository for maritime industry books, periodicals, documents, papers, prints, photographs, and old steamship company records.

We thank the Maritime Industry Museum for providing the information.

 

 

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