The Maritime Center near downtown by the river is definitely a small museum, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in performance. The amount of information, displays and exhibits on the shipping and boating industry will delight the hidden sailors in all of us. The center is certainly a great place to take an older child who has interest in unusual subjects or to reminisce of days gone by. When I visited I found it to be almost empty and extremely quiet… so as to hear a pin drop.
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