HNSA Bulletin Board
HNSA Operations Handbook (Essays on diverse topics for museum staff.)
Ship Preservation and Conservation Resources
Museum Grant/Fundraising/Development Resources
Other Maritime Heritage Organizations
HNSA Education Collaborative for educators

U.S. Coast Guard Historian
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/collect.html

U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). In addition to other MARAD information, this site contains the vessel inventory.
http://www.marad.dot.gov/
MARAD Ship donation program.
http://www.marad.dot.gov/Offices/Ship/ship_donation.html

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Notes on NARA ship research

U.S. Navy, NAVSEA 21, Inactive Ship Program Office (PMS 333), Ship Donation Program. This is the office that arranges the donation of historic U.S. Navy ships.
http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/donation/

U.S. Navy, Naval Historical Center
http://www.history.navy.mil/

U.S. Navy, Naval Vessel Register is a great resource showing the disposition of most U.S. Navy ships.
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/

U.S. National Park Service, National Maritime Initiative
http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/

U.S. National Park Service, World War II Ships in the Pacific Theme Study
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/butowsky1/index.htm

PORT, a National Maritime Museum (UK) maritime information gateway to the web
http://www.nmm.ac.uk//.
Also see http://www.maritimebritain.org.uk/ for information on visiting British maritime sites.

Smith's Master Index of Maritime Museum Websites
http://www.maritimemuseums.net

Haze Gray and Under Way
http://www.hazegray.org
This site contains an unofficial partial listing of the U.S. Navy's "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships"

Seawaves Magazine
http://www.seawaves.com/
Daily periodical of navy events and activities, and a reunions listing

U.S. Naval Institute
118 Maryland Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21402
(410) 268-6110
http://www.usni.org/
Has a bookstore and a rich photo research collection on premises.

Warships of the World
http://www.warships1.com/
Contains information about warships, and a reunions listing.

Third International Conference on the Technical Aspects of the Preservation of Historic Vessels (1997)
http://www.maritime.org/conf-sched .htm
Sixth Maritime Heritage Conference (2001)
http://battleshipnc.com/6mhc/
Seventh Maritime Heritage Conference (2004)
http://www.hnsa.org/conf2004/index.htm

Buck, R.A., Gilmore, J.A. (1998) The New Museum Registration Methods. American Association of Museums, Washington, DC. Includes short easy to read chapters that cover a range of topics (not just for a registrar). This and many other resources are available at the AAM web site http://www.aam-us.org/

Buck, R.A., Gilmore, J.A. (2007) Collection Conundrums, Solving Collections Management Mysteries. American Association of Museums, Washington, DC. Includes short easy to read chapters that provide guidnance on collections problems. If you have ever had a problem with a loan or donation this will likely be of help. This and many other resources are available at the AAM web site http://www.aam-us.org/

Fuller, G. (1993) A Curatorial Handbook for Historic Naval Vessels. Historic Naval Ships Association. This is out of print, but most of the topics are touched upon in the HNSA Operations Handbook.

International Council of Museums (1996) ICOM Statues and Code of Professional Ethics. American Association of Museums, Washington, DC. http://www.aam-us.org

Malaro, M.C. (1985) A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. Available from American Association of Museums, Washington, DC. http://www.aam-us.org

Maritime Museum Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Manual.  Prepared by The Council of American Maritime Museums, May 1995.  Click here to download a copy in RTF format. alldis.rtf

Munger, C.G. (1997) Corrosion Prevention by Protective Coatings. National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), Houston, TX. This and other resources are available on NACE's web site http://web.nace.org/

SSPC, The Society for Protective Coatings provides many of the standards used in prepping and coating steel. Their site has many good links to other steel preservation resources. http://www.sspc.org/default.html

Dismuke, T.D., Coburn, S.K., Hirsch, C.M. (1981) Handbook of Corrosion Protection for Steel Pile Structures in Marine Environments. American Iron and Steel Institute, Washington, DC. http://www.steel.org

US DoD Corrosion Exchange. http://www.corrdefense.org/

The American Association for State and Local History has a series of publications that you may also find useful. http://www.aaslh.org/

International Council of Museums is at http://icom.museum/

Museum Documentation Association is at http://www.mda.org.uk/

The Canadian Conservation Institute has a series of publications that you may also find useful. http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/html/

US National Park Service Museum Management Program at http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/

Conservation OnLine or CoOL, is a project of the Preservation Department of Stanford University Libraries, is a full text library of conservation information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials. http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant finding opportunities.
http://www.grants.gov

U.S. Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21)
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/
This act replaces the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. The grants are allocated through the states. Contact your state Department of Transportation for further information on the requirements. Museums come under the "Transportation Enhancement Activities" provision (funded at over $600 million annually) of the act. The process typically takes two years to complete. (Note: USS Cobia, Tug Luna and Army Corps of Engineers dredge William M. Black were among HNSA Fleet Members who received grants under the former Act) The TEA-21. A guide to the program, "Building on the Past, Traveling to the Future: A Preservationist's Guide to the ISTEA Transportation Enhancement Provision" has been jointly produced by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Federal Highway Administration. It is available for free from the Trust. Call (202) 588-6296. The Government and Public Affairs office of the American Association of Museums at (202) 289-9125 can also provide information on this program. Successful applicants for TEA-21 grants include Tug Luna and SS City of Milwaukee.

U.S. National Park Service (Heritage Preservation Services) Grants.
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/search.htm
The "Save America's Treasures" Millennium Grants Program includes monies to be awarded competitively for preservation or conservation of nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic properties.
The Maritime Heritage Grants program has been unfunded for several years, but this could change.
http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/grants.htm

U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities.
http://www.neh.gov/
U.S. National Endowment for the Arts.
http://www.nea.gov/

National Historical Publications and Records Grants from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
http://www.archives.gov/grants/index.html

Museum Services Grants Awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
http://www.imls.gov/grants /museum/mus_nams.asp.
The IMLS awards a series of grants to museums annually. They include General Operating Support, Museum Assessment Program, Conservation Project Support, Conservation Assessment Program and National Leadership for Museums grants. A number of HNSA Fleet Members have received these grants in years past.  Most recently, in 2000 the Wisconsin Maritime Museum with USS Cobia received a General Operating Support Grant of $104,671.

The Foundation Center.
http://foundationcenter.org/
This is a national organization that produces a set of publications listing available foundation and corporate grants. It is a comprehensive summary. The Center also produces a "Foundation Grants Index" on CD-ROM that allows you to click through their database of 100,000 grants to target foundations by the grants they have already made. The printed directories are found in the reference sections of many city libraries. The Center's Web site provides information about purchasing the CD-ROM. By clicking on Cooperating Collections on their home page you can find the nearest library in your state holding the directories. The Foundation Center's phone number is (800) 424-9836.

Ship-Type Organization Grants.
http://www.hnsa.org/associates.htm
The Naval Submarine League makes grants to submarine museums; Tin Can Sailors, Inc. to private nonprofit museums with destroyers; and the USN Cruiser Sailors Association to cruiser museums. All three organizations are Associate Members of HNSA. The Naval Submarine League program is temporarily in abeyance.

Conservation Assessment Program Grants.
CAP is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by Heritage Preservation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the care of collections. CAP provides funds for small to mid-sized museums in the U.S. to hire a professional conservator, approved by Heritage Preservation, for a two-day visit. The CAP assessor examines the museum's collections, environmental conditions, and sites. The assessor then prepares a report recommending priorities to improve collections care. Grants are awarded to eligible applicants on a non-competitive, first-come, first-served basis. The 2002 CAP applications are available on Heritage Preservation's Web site at
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/
To be added to Heritage Preservation's CAP mailing list, contact Heritage Preservation by mail, phone, fax or e-mail. It is recommended that potential applicants request a sample application to review the eligibility requirements and prepare for the application process. For further information contact CAP Program Assistant Cindy Olsen at Heritage Preservation, 1730 K St., NW, Suite 566, Washington, DC 20006-3836, phone (202) 634-1422, e-mail colsen@heritagepreservation.org.

Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
Email: odonnell521@aol.com
http://www.aglmh.org/

International Congress of Maritime Museums
Secretary-General Stuart Parnes
Email: stuparnes@aol.com
http://www.icmmonline.org

National Historic Ships (United Kingdom)
Email: martyn.heighton@nhsc.org.uk
http://www.nhsc.org.uk

National Maritime Alliance
Email: runyant@mail.ecu.edu
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National Maritime Historical Society
Email: nhms@seahistory.org
http://www.seahistory.org/

North American Society for Oceanic History
Email: nasoh@mail.ecu.edu
http://www.nasoh.org/

World Ship Trust
Email: wstrust@aol.com
http://www.worldshiptrust.org/

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