National Coast Guard Museum

The National Coast Guard Museum is a museum planned for construction in New London, Connecticut, an historic seaport at the mouth of the Thames River on Long Island Sound that is the home of the United States Coast Guard Academy.

The Coast Guard Museum Association, which has been working to create the Museum since 2001, hopes to break ground on the building in 2018. The Coast Guard is the only one of America's five service branches that does not yet have a dedicated Museum; the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force already have museums.[1]

The Museum has been given a site on the Thames River by the City of New London.[1]

The federal government has committed $30 million, and the State of Connecticut has committed $20 million to construct a pedestrian bridge necessary to provide pedestrian access to the Museum over the main railroad track connecting New York and Boston. The Museum Association expects to raise the bulk of the necessary funds form private donations.[1]

The proposed five or six-story, 80,000 square feet building will include an outdoor concert pavilion where the United States Coast Guard Band and other groups can give concerts.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Woolhouse, Megan (16 August 2017). "Plan for new Coast Guard museum in Conn. gains momentum". Boston Globe. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

Coordinates: 41°21′16″N 72°05′32″W / 41.354544°N 72.092218°W / 41.354544; -72.092218

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