500+ years of nautical history! Lots of interesting artifacts and models. Very interesting learning about Curaçao's history and the role it played in the slave trade.
Curacao as being an Island, the maritime history has its significant impact on the development on the Island. This is a well documented museum what is worth a visit. As being a photographer, the outside building was very appealing to my eye.
The museum was a lovely spot to learn not only about the navy but to learn how Curacao came to be the beautiful island of today. The museum takes you from the beginning through to the present and to the future. The curator should should take pride in its collection.
Lovely compact museum. A nice break from shopping.
Relatively nice museum although rather small
Interesting and informative, good for 1.5 h. Plus, great Wifi freely available.
Greate Museum nice boat trip
Excellent museum
Great mix of the history of colonialism in the new world, the technology of the ships, and the local history of Willemstad. An enjoyable place to spend an hour or two.
Good for a rainy day on the island. Helps kids understand some of the history of the region
Historical museum about the ships and people here on Curacao. Small, but a nice place to visit.
Leonard Burlington Smith, creator of the Queen Emma bridge and American consul to Curacao, was born in Orrington, Maine 10 Sep 1839. His parents were Leonard Smith and wife Mary A. Mill Creek was a small village in the town of Orrington where the Smith family lived. Mill Creek is not the name of the town where L.B. Smith was born; he was born in Orrington, Maine. Leonard Burlington Smith and Edrannah E. Cobb, both of Orrington, Maine were married 23 Dec 1863 by George W. Snow, Justice of the Peace.
Source: Vital Record of Orrington, Maine by David Livingstone Swett, published by Picton Press, Camden, Maine and copyright 1995.
Submitted by Judith Frost Gillis, President Orrington, Maine Historical Society
Neat bit of island history!