The award recognizes those individuals and organizations whose extraordinary achievements in the world of maritime exploration, competition, scholarship, and design best exemplify the American character.

The funds will support restoration of the L.A. Dunton fishing schooner and critical preservation work for the Rosenfeld Collection.

Each year at Mystic Seaport Museum’s Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous an awards competition recognizes excellence in restoration, authenticity, and workmanship.

Every year, Mystic Seaport Museum honors the work of its volunteers at a celebratory dinner and awards ceremony.

The Fellows of the G.W. Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport Museum announced their 2018 award winners at their annual meeting.

Inside the Vinland Map exhibition, visitors will see a 9-foot by 4 1/2-foot scale model of the Norse fishing village unearthed by the Ingstads that was created by the same team that maintains and works on the Museum’s Mystic River Scale Model.