During April 2007, Verdabelle A. Spaulding donated models of the H.M.S. Bounty and the Pitcairn longboat along with other significant artifacts and correspondence. Mrs. Spaulding met and interacted with Floyd and Violet McCoy. Floyd, now deceased, was a descendant of one of the original mutineers. He is the person who made the models that we house in the Center. Among the artifacts donated is a small copper fragment from the H.M.S. Bounty and a woven basket from Pitcairn Island.