Starfleet Museum

The **Starfleet Museum**, formally the **Starfleet Museum of Deep Space Exploration**, but more colloquially just the **Fleet Museum**, was an institution administered Starfleet, first under the auspices of United Earth, and later the United Federation of Planets. Dedicated to the history of Starfleet and its predecessors, the Fleet Museum preserved or replicated Starfleet vessels to display as museum ships, along side other items of significance. (TNG: "Relics"; ENT: "These Are the Voyages"; PIC: "The Bounty"; *Ships of the Line 2014*; *Star Trek: Of Gods and Men*)

## Locations

The museum had multiple facilities and annexes spread throughout Federation space, including Memory Alpha, San Francisco, and Athan Prime, among others. (FASA: *The Romulan War Sourcebook*, *Old Soldiers Never Die*; *DS9* novel: *The War of the Prophets*; PIC: "The Bounty")

The Fleet Museum worked in conjunction with other branches of Starfleet, like the Starfleet Archives, which administered thee the Starfleet Archive Museum in San Francisco, and the Museum of Starfleet History on the grounds of Starfleet Academy. The Fleet Museum also partnered with civilian museums and archives run by the Federation or its member worlds, like Memory Alpha, and the Smithsonian Institution. (TNG: "Relics"; PIC: "Remembrance"; LUG: *Starfleet Academy*; *EV* comic: *Future Tense*)

Museum ships were sometimes loaned to other institutions or sent on tour to other planets or facilities. *Constitution*-class vessels were especially popular exhibits on such occasions. Starbase 122 hosted the USS *Enterprise*-A in 2370, and the USS *Yorktown* was on display at Starbase 178 the following year. (*TNG* comic: *Old Debts*; *TNG* novel: *Crossover*)

The museum's annex on Epsilon Sigma V specialized in housing ships and artifacts recovered during Starfleet operations, and became known as "Trophy World". (*TNG* novel: *Before Dishonor*)

## History

The Starfleet Museum was founded before the 2140s. (ENT: "These Are the Voyages")

In 2293, a terrorist group known as 1992 stole the *Daedalus*-class USS *Yorktown* from the museum, with the aim of traveling back in time to prevent the Eugenics Wars from occurring. The thieves and the *Yorktown* disappeared. (*Federation: The First 150 Years*)

In 2306, the Fleet Museum launched the USS *Enterprise*-M, a functional replica of the original *Constitution*-class *Enterprise* as it was under the command of Captain James T. Kirk circa 2266. The museum ship's commanding officer was Commander Andrew Kirk. Captains Nyota Uhura, Pavel Chekov and John Harriman were on hand for the ship's commissioning ceremony. (*Star Trek: Of Gods and Men*)

By 2370, every spacecraft that bore the name *Enterprise* or its replica was on display at the museum. (ENT: "These Are the Voyages"; *Ships of the Line 2014*)

By the late 2390s, the *Ournal*-class Spacedock One station had been relocated from Earth to Athan Prime, where it housed the Fleet Museum. In 2401, the museum's steward was Commodore Geordi La Forge. (PIC: "The Bounty")

## External links

* Fleet Museum article at ***Memory Alpha***, the canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* Starfleet Museum article at ***Memory Beta***, the non-canon *Star Trek* wiki.
* Starfleet Museum article at ***Star Trek Expanded Universe***, the fanon and fanworks *Star Trek* wiki.