Ship models in library

The library shelves are enhanced by steamship models presented to the Museum by their builder, the late Robert Stewart of Mystic. Each model required a year to complete and is accompanied by an album of drawings and notes.

The book collection includes several hundred titles about wind- and engine-powered ships of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, from colonial coastal vessels to whalers and fishing schooners, from the golden age of ocean liners to the racing yachts and tall ships of our own time. America's most notable tall ship, the Coast Guard training barque Eagle, is homeported in New London.