Waterhouse Museum

Waterhouse Museum
Established January 06, 2000
Location 17 Washington Street
Toms River, New Jersey
United States
Type Art
Director Edward C. Sere
Website Waterhouse Museum

The Waterhouse Museum was located in Toms River, New Jersey. The museum exhibited art by Colonel Charles Waterhouse, a U. S. Marine veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.[1] The works at the museum depicted military scenes from the American Revolutionary War to the present with a focus on the Marine Corps.[1] When the museum closed, the majority of Waterhouse's body of work was gifted to the United States Marine Corps.[2]

The Museum included:

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Third Marine Division Association, Inc. CALTRAP, vol. 52, no. 2 (March/April 2008), p. 1, 6 & 10.
  2. "Obituaries: Colonel Charles Waterhouse USMCR". The Star Ledger. November 18, 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

Coordinates: 39°57′12″N 74°11′51″W / 39.9532°N 74.1975°W / 39.9532; -74.1975


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