National Coast Guard Museum
About National Coast Guard Museum
The National Coast Guard Museum is a museum currently under construction in New London, Connecticut, an historic seaport at the mouth of the Thames River on Long Island Sound and home to the United States Coast Guard Academy. The museum is scheduled to open August 4, 2027.
The Museum will feature ‘more than 600 artifacts and 5,000 images, including STEM-based educational programs for schools and colleges’. It will also become home to the U.S. Coast Guard ship, Barque Eagle, and will be free to the public. The National Coast Guard Museum is expected to include over 200 galleries and exhibits, attracting an estimated 300,000 visitors annually.
The City of New London provided a site along the Thames River for the museum. The five or six-story, 80,000 square feet building will include an outdoor concert pavilion where the United States Coast Guard Band and other groups can give concerts. The Coast Guard and the Space Force are the only two out of America's six service branches that do not yet have a dedicated museum; the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force already have museums.
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