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lection of Civil W ar artifacts are the remains of the ironclad CSS Jackson and the gunboat C SS Chattahootchee, recovered in the 1960s from the Chattahootchee River. (PC N CWNM, PO Box 1022, Columbus GA 3 1902; 706 327-9798; web site: www .porrcolumbus.org) ... The Lake C hamplain M aritime M useum in Vermont will expand its research efforts through the es tablishment of the Maritime Research Institute, which will oversee projects including archaeological studies, historical research, underwater resource management, and other initiatives. (MRI, LCMM, 4472 Basin H arbor Road, Vergennes VT 05491 ; 802 475-2022, x l02; e-mail: cohn@lcmm .org; web site: www. lcmm.org) ... The centu ry-old main building of The Navy Museum in the Washington N avy Yard will reopen this summer after an 18-month renovation. The refurbished space will display an expanded Civil War exhibit, "Securing the Seas for Union Victory," highlighting strategies that led to Union victory as well as U S naval efforts to interrupt the transAdanric slave trade. (The Navy Museum/Navy Art Gallery, W ashington Navy Yard, 9 th and M Streets, SE, Washington D C 20374; 202 433-6897; web site: www .history.navy. mil) .. . The Maine Maritime Museum in Bath has concluded its major resto ration of the historic Percy & Small Shipyard. (MMM, 243 Washington Street, Bath M E 0453 0; 207 443-1 3 16; email: maritime@bathmaine.com; web site: www. bathmaine.com) . . . The Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi, Mississippi, fo unded in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime heritage ofBiloxi and the G ulf Coast, is undertaking a $ 1.5million expansion project which will double th e museum 's space. (MSIM, 115 First Street, PO Box 1907, Biloxi MS 39530; 228 435-6320; web site: www.maritime museum .org) .. . T he Havre de Grace Maritime Museum will open the doors of its first building in June. (HGMM, 100 Lafayette Street, PO Box 533, H av re de G race M D 2 1078; 4 10 93 9-4800) ,t
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