The recovery, preservation and display of the USS Monitor turret has been a tremendous success. Howard H. Hoege III, President and CEO of the Mariner's Museum, told Bay Bulletin, "About two thirds of our visitors report that that the USS Monitor exhibit was the best part of their visit to the museum. Last week, we had a French film crew here to document our conservation of the USS Monitor."
Preservation of the turret is ongoing. According to Hoege, "No one has ever conducted a restoration of this scale before, so we don't know exactly how long it will take. The next step will be to turn the turret over (it is upside down now), remove the top, and continue treatment of the two separate parts."
Originally, the thought was to raise the entire ship, but its hull was too far gone for any attempt to be made.
In addition, there is a full scale model of the Monitor on the Mariners' Museum grounds.
--Old B-Runner
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