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expedition to the wreck of PT-109, an original Packard engine, an interactive replica of the cockpit of PT-109, and artifacts from the Battleship Massachusetts, home of the largest collection of PT-boat materials. National Geographic Books is also releasing Collision with History: The Search for John F. Kennedy's PT 109, by Dr. Ballard with Michael Hamilton Morgan . (MAIFE, 55 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic CT 063551997; 860 572-5955; website:www.mystic aquarium.org) *The Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston, Ontario, received a $220,000 grant from The Ontario Trillium Foundation for the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Centre Project. The grant will provide support for an interactive learning center for young people; the renovation of the museum's library and archive; and two new positions, a museum services manager and a part-time curator. (MMGLK, 55 Ontario Street, Kingston ON, K7L 2Y2, Canada; 613 542-2261; web site: www.marmuseum.ca) "k The Derry City Council in Northern Ireland received ÂŁ1.45 million ($2,291,000) from Britain's Heritage Lottery Fund for the proposed Armada in Ireland exhibition at the Tower Museum, conveying the story of La Trinidad Valencera. The vessel, which was one of the largest ships in the Spanish Armada, sank in Kinnegoe Bay after the failed invasion of England in 1588. The central features of the exhibit will be artifacts recovered from the wreck in the early 1970s. (Union Hall Place, Derry, Co. Derry BT48 6LU, UK; 011 +44 (28) 7137 2411; email: tower.museum@derryciry.gov.uk) "k The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall, which opened in December, features a maritime reference library, a collection of about 140 small craft spanning the last 150 years, and artifacts relating to Cornish maritime history. (NMMC, Discovery Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall, TRl 1 3QY, UK; 011 +44 (1326) 313388; web site: www.nmmc.co.uk) "k Eighteen sail train-

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