The Herreshoff Marine Museum is an interesting
place.
It's a museum about innovation, a museum about
problem solving, a museum about yankee ingenuity.
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company was one
of the most innovative and dynamic companies
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The medium through which their creativity
and their innovation came to light
was boats and engines.
But, it's really about much more than boat
design and boat building.
We are a center for design innovation and
entrepreneurship.
This is a very dynamic and growing operation
right now
and it's a train that everybody, I think, should want to get on.
We've built the platform for a world class
STEM Education Program.
That's a big idea and that's important.
It's starting to work.
And you can see it in numbers right now, and
you can see it in the kids.
The vision for the next 50 years is pretty
powerful.
We have a tremendous opportunity here to be
a hub of innovation in New England.
Every donation is helping us achieve that
goal.
Get more kids through this place.
Build out the program.
Build out our boat shop.
Build out our exhibits so that they can be
more interactive, more experiential,
more inspirational.
Every dollar we raise is supporting our ability
to create the next generation of innovators.
