Vanderbilt Museum of Suffolk County (Centerport, N.Y.)
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Vanderbilt Museum of Suffolk County (Centerport, N.Y.)
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Collecting area: Not actively soliciting, but subject interests include William K. Vanderbilt II and his activities including motor car racing, Long Island Motor Parkway, sailing and marine biology.
William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878-1944) was son of William K. Vanderbilt I and great grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
In the 1920s, William K. Vanderbilt opened a museum on the grounds of his Centerport mansion to display fish and other marine specimens which he had collected on several worldwide cruises. After his death he left the museum as well as the mansion and grounds to Suffolk County to be maintained for the benefit of the public.
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Automobile racing
Biological illustration
Collectors and collecting
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Fishes
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Marine biology
Museums
Real property
Scientific illustration
Steam yachts
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Yachts and yachting
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New York (State)--Centerport
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Centerport (N.Y.)
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New York (State)--Lake Success
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