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style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Pennsylvania</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1961</td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data locality"><a href="/wiki/Penn%27s_Landing" title="Penn's Landing">Penn's Landing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Independence_Seaport_Museum&params=39.945314_N_75.141771_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°56′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">75°08′30″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.945314°N 75.141771°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.945314; -75.141771</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Maritime Museum</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Visitors</th><td class="infobox-data">84,000 (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data agent">John Brady (CEO)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Curator</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Craig Bruns</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public transit access</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SEPTA.svg/16px-SEPTA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SEPTA.svg/24px-SEPTA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SEPTA.svg/32px-SEPTA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="369" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/2nd_Street_(SEPTA_Market%E2%80%93Frankford_Line_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Street (SEPTA Market–Frankford Line station)">2nd Street</a>: <div class="legend" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;color:inherit;background-color:#007dc3"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Market%E2%80%93Frankford_Line" title="Market–Frankford Line">Market–Frankford Line</a></div> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bus transport"><img alt="Bus transport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Aiga_bus_trans.svg/12px-Aiga_bus_trans.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Aiga_bus_trans.svg/18px-Aiga_bus_trans.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Aiga_bus_trans.svg/24px-Aiga_bus_trans.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="367" data-file-height="442" /></span></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SEPTA.svg/16px-SEPTA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SEPTA.svg/24px-SEPTA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/SEPTA.svg/32px-SEPTA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="369" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/SEPTA" title="SEPTA">SEPTA</a> bus: <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_12" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 12">12</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_17" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 17">17</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_21" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 21">21</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_25" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 25">25</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_33" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 33">33</a>, <a href="/wiki/SEPTA_Route_42" class="mw-redirect" title="SEPTA Route 42">42</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.phillyseaport.org">www.phillyseaport.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Independence Seaport Museum</b> (formerly the <b>Philadelphia Maritime Museum</b>) was founded in 1961 and is located in the <a href="/wiki/Penn%27s_Landing" title="Penn's Landing">Penn's Landing</a> complex along the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania. The collections at the Independence Seaport Museum document maritime history and culture along the Delaware River. At the museum are two National Historic Landmark ships and the J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1961, maritime collector J. Welles Henderson felt that <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Maritime_history" title="Maritime history">maritime history</a> had been forgotten, and was frustrated that his city lacked a <a href="/wiki/Maritime_museum" title="Maritime museum">maritime museum</a> like those in <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Henderson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Henderson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To rectify this issue, he rented space in the <a href="/wiki/Athenaeum_of_Philadelphia" title="Athenaeum of Philadelphia">Athenaeum</a> on <a href="/wiki/Washington_Square_(Philadelphia)" title="Washington Square (Philadelphia)">Washington Square</a> to open the Philadelphia Maritime Museum. Initially the museum housed his personal collection of maritime items. In 1974, the museum moved to 321 Chestnut Street, into a building built in 1898 for the <a href="/wiki/First_National_Bank_(Philadelphia)" title="First National Bank (Philadelphia)">First National Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, the museum moved to <a href="/wiki/Penn%27s_Landing" title="Penn's Landing">Penn's Landing</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a>, after spending $15 million to renovate a building used by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_of_History_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port of History Museum (page does not exist)">Port of History Museum</a>, which had closed two years earlier. It was renamed the Independence Seaport Museum.<sup id="cite_ref-Henderson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Henderson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2007, former Independence Seaport Museum president John S. Carter pleaded guilty to charges of <a href="/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">fraud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tax_avoidance_and_tax_evasion" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax avoidance and tax evasion">tax evasion</a> from misappropriating about US$2.5 million in funds from the museum. He received a 15-year sentence in federal prison.<sup id="cite_ref-skipper_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skipper-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter, who was president of the museum from 1989 to March 2006, was accused of using money from the museum to buy numerous personal items, including two boats, an espresso machine, and a carriage house for his home in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a> between 1997 and 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-skipper_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skipper-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2010, museum officials announced that the cruiser <a href="/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)" title="USS Olympia (C-6)">USS <i>Olympia</i></a> needed $10 to $20 million for hull repairs to prevent her from sinking and would consider transferring her to a new steward. The Seaport Museum held a preservation summit in March 2011, and shortly thereafter announced that qualified interested organizations could apply for stewardship of <i>Olympia</i> through a transfer application process vetted by a review panel of historic ship and preservation experts. In 2014 the museum announced that it had cancelled plans to seek a new steward and instead would focus its efforts on raising the funds necessary to repair the Ship. In 2014 the museum received $6 million in funding from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital program, which covered a portion of the repairs. Over the next several years, the museum was awarded grants from private donors, as well as, federal and state agencies to help cover the preservation costs. In 2017, the Independence Seaport Museum completed the first phase of renovations to the Ship and is working to raise the funds necessary to tow the vessel to a dry-dock facility so that its hull can be repaired.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2011, John Brady was named the Seaport Museum's President & CEO. Brady was formerly the longtime director of the Workshop on the Water, the museum's boat shop specializing in the building and restoration of traditional wooden boats. In June 2015, the museum nearly doubled its endowment after receiving four large donations totaling nearly $13.9 million to help fund museum programs, exhibitions, and the restoration to the two historic ships. In January 2016, the Independence Seaport Museum was given a grant of over $1 million by the William Penn Foundation to fund environmental and clean water programs, as well as, exhibitions, and renovations to the dock.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, the Independence Seaport Museum received a grant of $2.6 million from William Penn Foundation to support the River Alive exhibition.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_exhibits">Current exhibits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Current exhibits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Olympia_side.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/USS_Olympia_side.jpg/220px-USS_Olympia_side.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/USS_Olympia_side.jpg/330px-USS_Olympia_side.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/USS_Olympia_side.jpg/440px-USS_Olympia_side.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)" title="USS Olympia (C-6)">USS <i>Olympia</i></a> at Penn's Landing</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I_USS_Olympia">World War I USS <i>Olympia</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War I USS Olympia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2017 the museum opened an exhibit to commemorate the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> centennial. The <i>World War I USS Olympia</i> exhibit highlights the ship's humanitarian and peace-keeping role in World War I Europe. The exhibit also explores the everyday life of sailors aboard the ship, as well as, <i>Olympia</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s final mission of transporting the remains of the Unknown Soldier from France to <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a> in Washington, DC.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patriots_and_Pirates">Patriots and Pirates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Patriots and Pirates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2016 the Independence Seaport Museum opened a new exhibit which focuses on Philadelphia and the founding of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. As the name suggests, Patriots and Pirates, examines the conflict between pirates and the United States, and features a full-size, waterline model of <i>Diligence of 1797</i>. Some notable artifacts in the exhibit include a rare 1793 letter from an American taken hostage by pirates, Captain <a href="/wiki/John_Barry_(naval_officer)" title="John Barry (naval officer)">John Barry</a>'s octant, and a model of the Federal St. Navy Yard recreating <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Humphreys" title="Joshua Humphreys">Joshua Humphreys</a>' 18th century shipyard.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tides_of_Freedom:_African_Presence_on_the_Delaware_River">Tides of Freedom: African Presence on the Delaware River</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tides of Freedom: African Presence on the Delaware River"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Tides of Freedom: African Presence on the Delaware River,</i> curated by University of Pennsylvania Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies <a href="/wiki/Tukufu_Zuberi" title="Tukufu Zuberi">Tukufu Zuberi</a>, opened in May 2013 and explores African-American history along the Delaware River. The exhibit focuses on the slave trade along the Delaware River, emancipation and the abolitionist movement in Philadelphia, and Philadelphia's connection to the underground railroad. The exhibit continues into the modern era, focusing on Jim Crow and Civil Rights in Philadelphia. On display at the exhibit are slave shackles and an 18th-century account book that documents the sale of slaves in Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rescues_on_the_River">Rescues on the River</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rescues on the River"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Rescues on the River</i> tells the story of maritime disasters along the Delaware River, exploring how tragedy shaped modern maritime safety regulations and led to the formation of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a>. The exhibit begins with a late 18th-century <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>-era explosion of a British ship and ends with the 1975 <a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">oil tanker</a> collision and resulting fire.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Titanic_Philadelphians"><i>Titanic</i> Philadelphians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Titanic Philadelphians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Titanic Philadelphians</i> opened in 2012, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of <a href="/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a>. The exhibit focuses on the approximately 40 Philadelphian passengers of <i>Titanic,</i> their first hand accounts, and how their lives were forever altered by the tragedy. On display is a rare first class passenger list which was salvaged by <a href="/wiki/Marian_Thayer" title="Marian Thayer">Marian Longstreth Thayer</a> who unknowingly had the list in her pocket as she boarded a lifeboat and whose husband died in the disaster.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coming_to_America">Coming to America</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Coming to America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Coming to America</i> spotlights the experiences of immigrants who left their homeland for the United States and passed through Philadelphia's Washington Avenue Immigration Station. On display are artifacts and oral histories of both wealthy first-class passengers and economically disadvantaged passengers traveling in steerage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philadelphia_and_the_China_Trade">Philadelphia and the China Trade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Philadelphia and the China Trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 18th century Philadelphia became one of the first American cities to begin trading with China. <i>Philadelphia and the China Trade</i> chronicles the history of trade between the two nations and explores the lasting impact it had on Philadelphia's culture and economy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navigation">Navigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Navigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This exhibit spotlights navigation science. On display are navigational tools from the early American colonial period to the present. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Community_Gallery_Series">Community Gallery Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Community Gallery Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Community Gallery Series</i> began in February 2012. These temporary exhibits are the result of collaboration between Museum staff and Philadelphia area curators and historians. Some present and past exhibits include <i>Philadelphia Rowing: Breaking down Barriers</i>, <i>Oh, Sugar! The Magical Transformation from Cane to Candy</i>, <i>Digging the City: Archaeological Discoveries from the Philadelphia Waterfront</i>, and <i>Art in the Open: The Exhibition.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_ships">Historic ships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Historic ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the Independence Seaport Museum are two National Landmark historic ships: cruiser <i>Olympia</i> and submarine <a href="/wiki/USS_Becuna" title="USS Becuna"><i>Becuna</i></a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="USS_Olympia_(C-6)"><span id="USS_Olympia_.28C-6.29"></span>USS <i>Olympia</i> (C-6)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: USS Olympia (C-6)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)" title="USS Olympia (C-6)">USS Olympia</a>, a warship that played a vital role during the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_Bay" title="Battle of Manila Bay">Battle of Manila Bay</a>, is the only surviving American naval warship from her era. <i>Olympia</i> served in World War I, was decommissioned in 1922, and became a part of The Independence Seaport Museum in 1996. Currently she is a <a href="/wiki/Museum_ship" title="Museum ship">museum ship</a> where visitors can walk aboard, tour, and watch historical reenactments conducted by the Cruiser <i>Olympia</i> Living History Crew. The Independence Seaport Museum is raising funds to preserve the ship and to conduct necessary repairs.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="USS_Becuna_(SS-319)"><span id="USS_Becuna_.28SS-319.29"></span>USS <i>Becuna</i> (SS-319)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: USS Becuna (SS-319)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/USS_Becuna" title="USS Becuna">USS Becuna</a> is a <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>-era submarine. She was launched in 1944, was decommissioned in 1969, and became a part of the Independence Seaport Museum in 1996. She is now a museum submarine where people can enter, explore the historical artifacts housed aboard the submarine, and take tours. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="J._Welles_Henderson_Research_Center">J. Welles Henderson Research Center</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: J. Welles Henderson Research Center"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Independence_Seaport_Museum_117.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Independence_Seaport_Museum_117.JPG/220px-Independence_Seaport_Museum_117.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Independence_Seaport_Museum_117.JPG/330px-Independence_Seaport_Museum_117.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Independence_Seaport_Museum_117.JPG/440px-Independence_Seaport_Museum_117.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>19th century soup plate and spoon. Independence Seaport Museum (2011) by Piotrus</figcaption></figure> <p>The J. Welles Henderson Research Center is located on the second floor of the museum. The collection focuses on maritime history and culture along the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware</a> River and in the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Philadelphia" title="Port of Philadelphia">Port of Philadelphia</a> from early America to the present.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Archive includes personal and business records, rare books, reference materials, mechanical drawings, ship models, maps, art, architectural drawings, charts, recordings, photographs, cultural artifacts, and ephemera. Notable items in the collection include the <a href="/wiki/John_Barry_(naval_officer)" title="John Barry (naval officer)">John Barry-Hayes</a> collection, Reed & Ford business papers, Captain John Greene Collection, the Philadelphia Maritime Exchange records, and the collection of 16th–18th century geographical maps and charts. The Archive also maintains the cruiser <i>Olympia</i> and submarine <i>Becuna</i> collections. In August 2016 the Archive launched its first online catalog, which lists inventories of its archival collections. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_and_educational_programs">Public and educational programs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Public and educational programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the past several years, the museum has expanded its public and educational programming for adults, families, and children. Educational programs, such as lectures, science labs, summer camps, and field trips, explore the history and ecology of the Delaware through science, math, biology, and engineering. Other programs, such as <i>Workshop on the Water</i> and the <i>Hammer and Nails Series</i>, teach boat building and sailing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Independence_Seaport_Museum&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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