the local Customs House (1798-1908); records of the Long Island coastwise trade under sail; photos of crewmembers, vessels, and ports; family scrapbooks. Richmond Collection: documents, letters, receipts, shipping lists, and manuscripts preserved from the Cold Spring Harbor ship Richmond, wrecked in the Bering Strait in 1849. The archive reveals the Richmond's significant history as the focus of a legal judgment in maritime salvage law. Acquired in 2012. Models: 12 detailed models of whaling ships, including one by the master ship model maker Henry Culver; a large diorama of Cold Spring Harbor in 1850 (48 inches × 72 inches), painstakingly completed in 1970. Marine art: 150 paintings, lithographs, and daguerreotypes depicting whaling scenes; works by Currier & Ives, S.A. Mount, C. Ashley, W. Brandford, and watercolors of local ships by E.F. Tufnell. Daily life: 6 costumes, 50 whale oil lamps and candleholders, accessories, and objects of daily living in the 1850s donated by local whaling families; ship in a bottle, early 19th century glass flasks, kitchen tools, and prescription bottles. Natural history: 25 skeletal whale bones; 2 narwhal tusks; sperm whale jaw; orca skull; ear bones; blubber sample; other biological specimens from ocean life, including coral. Hewlett Collection: acquired in 1989 from the state of John D. Hewlett including over 200 photographs, 300 pieces of correspondence pertaining to the growth of Cold Spring Harbor as a maritime community, Edward Lange landscapes, portraits by S. A. Mount of local citizens, ledgers from local industries including grist mills, saw mills, and shipyards, providing a wealth of research. Hoie Collection: 24 whaling-themed watercolor paintings by the locally celebrated Long Island watercolorist Claus Hoie (1911-2007), donated to the museum in 2012. History In 1932, a small number of residents of Cold Spring Harbor, NY, commissioned a monument commemorating the village's earlier days as a whaling port. A boulder was dredged from the harbor and erected on the village square and lists the names of the nine vessels in the fleet. In later years the monument was moved to the museum's property, where it remains today. See also List of maritime museums in the United States References External links The Whaling Museum & Education Center Official website Whaling in the United States Whaling museums Museums established in 1942 Maritime museums in New York (state) Huntington, New York Museums in Suffolk County, New York Marine art museums in the United States Institutions accredited by the American Alliance