NOTE: Be advised, due to limited post-pandemic staffing and volunteers, assistance with research inquiries is backlogged and it may take additional weeks.
Maritime Research Center
The Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society has over 800 cubic feet of archival materials and 100,000 photographs and negatives accessible for both scholarly or personal research. The Maritime Research Center is located a few miles south of the museum, at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) Resource Center in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood.
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Appointments are Required. PSM’s Maritime Research Center is inside a secure collections storage facility shared with The Museum of History and Industry in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood, north of Boeing Field. Appointments can be made upon receipt of a research request. Researchers are asked to complete a request form and email it to us with your name and phone number. Response time is usually 7-14 days with our staff and volunteers working as fast as they can on requests. Appointments are required for visiting the office or conducting research in our Maritime Research Center. To request help or submit a research inquiry: 1. Fill out and submit the Research Inquiry Form. 2. Email Us 3. Download and send in a Ships Plan Research Inquiry form. 4. Email us at the above link (#2) to schedule an appointment. Appointments must be made to conduct research. Appointments are available most Thursdays between 10 a.m. and 3:30p.m. Other times may be available in special circumstances. |
