Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project
Over 3,800 objects from the Captain Arthur H. Clark Collection and the Allan Forbes Whaling Collection at the MIT Museum
Over 3,800 objects from the Captain Arthur H. Clark Collection and the Allan Forbes Whaling Collection at the MIT Museum
These two collections, the Captain Arthur H. Clark Collection and the Allan Forbes Whaling Collection, were donated to MIT in the first half of the twentieth century.
The Visualizing Maritime History Project (VHMP) offers users access to over 3800 objects in two collections of the MIT Museum. A substantial grant from the Maritime Heritage Grant Program of the United States National Park Service, and additional support from the MIT Museum and the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, has allowed us to catalogue and photograph these collections for the first time. To access these online collections, which contain images dating from the beginning of the fifteenth century to the start of the twentieth century, view the Items, Stories, and Tours on this page.
Visualizing Maritime History Project
Over 3,800 objects from the Captain Arthur H. Clark Collection and the Allan Forbes Whaling Collection at the MIT Museum
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