The walkway leading up to the Museum is edged with anchor chain from the USS Cumberland . Inside are a few other items associated with the ironclad, including uniforms, armor, and a model of the ship reportedly built by one of her crew. The Chrysler Museum has one of the reported ship's bell associated with the ironclad, Museum of the Confederacy has another. The Hampton Roads Naval Museum has many artifacts associated with the ship including armor plate and some of the items removed after the battle. These are just a few of the repositories for artifacts from this venerated warship.
Artifacts abound in private collections as well.
Aftermath of an Ironclad, Civil War Times Illustrated , Vol. The Virginia No Longer Exist, The Ironworker, Summer 1960 U. S. Navy Department, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War Of the Rebellion, Washington 1894 - 1922, Series I, Vol.