Fast Facts
Through dynamic education and outreach programs, exhibits visitor centers, and the media, NOAA spreads the message that our heritage resources belong to everyone, and that we all have a role to play in preserving them for future generations.
America's greatest museum of our past as a seafaring nation lies on the bottom of the sea and lakes in the national marine sanctuaries.
Maritime archaeology is the study of past human cultures with an emphasis on how humans interacted with the world's oceans, lakes and river systems.
