Coast Guard Museum of The Northwest

1519 Alaskan Way South
Seattle, WA, 98134
206-217-6993

URL : http://www.uscg.mil/mlcpac/iscseattle/museum.htm

overview : Displays nautical items, ship models, Coast Guard memorabilia and more than 15,000 photographs dating from the mid-1800's. Extensive periodicals and research materials are also available.

collections : Thousands of Coast Guard related items, Part of the USS Constitution and the rudder of the HMS Bounty, lighthouse and buoy lenses, old and new uniforms, ship's wheels, binnacles, a Coast Guard Flag from the first Space Shuttle flight, and some of SM1 Douglas Munro's (The Coast Guard's Medal of Honor recipient) personal items from WWII.

topics : maritime, military, homeland, security