Search Nonprofits

Mystic Seaport's mission is to create a broad, public understanding of the relationship of America and the Sea. In order to accomplish this we: document, preserve, and stimulate scholarship in American maritime history and convey to a wide and diverse public the stories of America and the Sea through the Museum's collections, exhibitions, education programs, library, communications, products, and publications; collect and preserve representative examples of American maritime material culture emphasizing art, commerce, technology and science; collect and preserve examples of significant commercial and recreational watercraft related to America's maritime history, focusing on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; perpetuate skills associated with America's maritime past; and interpret representative elements of life in nineteenth-century New England maritime communities.

To preserve, promote and perpetuate the honor and legacy of the brave men and women who fought, bled and died in defense of America.

THE MISSION OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM (THE "MUSEUM") IS TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF AMERICA'S ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY BY PRESERVING, INTERPRETING AND SHARING THE EXPERIENCES OF JAPANESE AMERICANS.

The mission of the National Museum of Industrial History, in affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution, is: to forge a connection between America’s industrial past and the innovations of today by educating the public and inspiring the visionaries of tomorrow.

The mission of the Chinese American Museum (CAM) is to foster a deeper understanding of, and appreciation for, America’s diverse heritage by researching, preserving, and sharing the history, rich cultural legacy, and continued contributions of Chinese Americans.

The mission of the Irish American Heritage Center is to promote Irish and Irish American culture, music, literature, drama, traditional dancing and the constructive contributions of the Irish and Irish American people to the United States of America.

The USS Yorktown Foundation is partners with Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum to inspire our children, visitors, community and the world by promoting America’s proud longstanding traditions of service, leadership, duty and sacrifice through education, exhibits, programming and community outreach