The Queen Mary is in need of more than $20 million in repairs. A model of the ship, which was displayed on the real one, also needs fixing up.
The model of the Queen Mary, shown in 2015, is part of the collection of the South Street Seaport Museum.When the South Street Seaport Museum sent its roughly 20-foot model of the Queen Mary to the namesake ocean liner, it expected smooth sailing.
The lower Manhattan nonprofit in 2015 rented out the little mahogany and mother-of-pearl vessel, which it considers a “Mona Lisa” in its collection, to the big Queen Mary in Long Beach, Calif.
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