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Carolina Maritime Model Society
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The North Carolina Maritime
Museum and the museum’s support group, the Friends of the North
Carolina Maritime Museum, made a decision in 1994 to sponsor a club
for ship modelers. An organizational meeting attended by over 25
enthusiasts in January 1995 resulted in the formation of the
Carolina Maritime Model Society, which grew to include more than 50
members by August of 1995.
The society exists to encourage interest and active participation in
the hobby, to improve the standards of members’ models through the
free exchange of ideas, techniques and information, and to emphasize
to both members and the public at large that research is the
foundation for the production of high-quality ship models. NCMM-FOM
supports these ends, in part, by sponsoring the society, supplying
the forum for its meetings, encouraging the group’s activities, such
as field trips, and providing exhibit space and publicity for a CMMS
“Model of the Month.”
Members have taken the initiative to further the society’s ends.
They started, in July of 1995, to produce a short newsletter that is
sent out to members and interested parties eight times a year. Over
the years the CMMS has used surveys to create a database of members’
interests and skills. Further initiatives are generating
computer-based catalogs of members’ holdings of research
materials—books and periodicals, ships’ plans, and archival
data—which not only will facilitate the dissemination of information
within the group itself but also offers the potential of expanding
access to such data for researchers using the NCMM’s own facilities.
CMMS’s members mount a substantial, one-day exhibition in
conjunction with the museum’s Traditional Wooden Boat Show each May.
Members have showcased their talents through a rotating exhibit
entitled “Model of the Month,” although models are usually exhibited
for several months. Members also participate in workshops for
children building little wooden models of a fishing boat, for a
nominal fee.
The Carolina Maritime Model Society’s activities since 1995,
combined with expanding educational programs offered through the
Watercraft Center, have drawn enthusiasts into ship modeling. The
group is the only such organization in the entire state and has
become a major vehicle for widening public interest in North
Carolina’s maritime history and culture.
Carolina Maritime Model Society
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4, 2008
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