Annual Show

Our Annual Show is open to all ship modelers and is great opportunity to show your model to the general public at the USS Constitution Museum.  Only Guild members may win Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals or Certificates of Commendation in our judged competition.  However, all models are eligible for the Most Popular Model Award, voted for by Museum visitors; the William Postar Memorial Cup, awarded by the Museum's Curatorial Committee; and the Member's Choice Award, voted for by Guild members.

Our Annual Show is co-sponsored by the USS Constitution Museum and by generous support from the Boston Marine Society.

2025 Annual Show

Judging seminar with Rob Napier      January 18 (snow date Jan 25)

Model Drop-off                                January 26

Show opens                                      January 31

Annual meeting/Awards night           March 4

Show closes                                     March 8

Model pick-up                                  March 9


Online Registration Form - Entry deadline is December 31, 2025.

If you have entered a model to be judged please familiarize yourself with our Judging Rules.

Steel Traveler by: Larry Ward

2025 Annual Show Theme

To help celebrate the 250th birthday of the US Navy & Marine Corps the USS Constitution Museum is requesting models representing their history.  All models of any type are welcome in this years show, but if you are debating which model to submit please consider a US Navy model.

2023 Annual Show

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2022 Annual Show

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2021 Annual Show

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After having organized the annual USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild’s ship model show for the past 15 years as part of my job at the USS Constitution Museum, I thought it was time to join the Guild and start making some ship models of my own with the support of the Guild members, many of whom have become friends.

~ Harrie Slootbeek