Mobile maritime museum breaks ground

MOBILE, Ala. - Groundbreaking was held Thursday for GulfQuest, a $36 million maritime museum on the downtown Mobile waterfront. GulfQuest, the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico, will be between the Convention Center and Alabama cruise terminal. The museum, slated to open in 2011, will feature interactive exhibits. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 04/09/09) Gulf Coast note: Pensacola, Fla., also hopes to build a maritime museum at a proposed multi-purpose maritime park.