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The Hart Nautical Gallery is a gallery in the MIT Museum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. [1]

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The original Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum was established in 1922 at MIT as part of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. [2] [3] It was incorporated into the MIT Museum in 1982.

William A. Baker, a maritime historian, was curator of the museum from 1963 until his death in 1981. [4] The collections [3] [5] include construction drawings of the Doris sailing yacht, designer William Hand’s surviving drawings, and material relating to shipbuilder Jacob Aaron Westervelt.

William Avery Baker was a distinguished naval architect of replica historic ships and a maritime historian, who was curator of the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1963-1981.

William H. Hand Jr. (1875–1946) was an American yacht designer. Hand has been described as one of the most prolific yacht designers of the 20th century with an exceptionally good eye for handsome boats. Hand's career began around 1900 with the design of small sailboats, but he soon shifted to V-bottomed powerboats. These latter were his specialty until after World War I, when he directed his talent to seakindly schooners including the famous examples Bowdoin and S.S.S. Lotus. Later during the 1930s, motorsailers became his passion; examples still sailing include the Guildive. Hand's office was in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

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  1. ↑ Maritime and Naval Museums: Massachusetts, USA.
  2. ↑ Museums, libraries, archives 51 — 75 of 161 records, Intute, UK.
  3. 1 2 Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, USA.
  4. ↑ William A. Baker Collection, MIT Museum, USA.
  5. ↑ Nautical Collections List, MIT Museum, USA.

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