The John Fitch Steamboat Museum commemorates the inventive genius, patience, perseverance and pioneering accomplishments of John Fitch. Born in Connecticut, John Fitch began the "transportation revolution" while living in Warminster where he invented the steamboat and the steam engine to propel it in 1785. The museum, which is located on the grounds of Historic Craven Hall in Warminster, PA, houses appropriate exhibits depicting John Fitch's adventuresome life, and the steamboats he invented. One of the highlights of the museum is a six-foot, steam-operated model of the steamboat in which Fitch took passengers and freight between Philadelphia's Arch Street wharf and Trenton, New Jersey in 1790. It was the world's first commercial steamboat. In addition, the Museum has graphic displays of Fitch's accomplishments, a professional DVD on Fitch, and a large 200-year old workbench with antique woodworking tools plus projects for visitors and especially children.