Hey everyone! This is just a reminder that at 7pm tonight, the renowned map collector William C. Wooldridge is launching his new book at an event right here at The Mariners’ Museum! Published by the University of Virginia Press, Wooldridge’s Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War contains hundreds of maps and represents [...]
Hello readers and welcome back to the Library bog. Some of you may remember a previous Director of The Mariners’ Museum named William Wilkinson, who served from 1973 until 1991. When Wilkinson passed away in March of 2010 he left behind a grand legacy to the Museum, which includes the Chesapeake Bay gallery, recognition of [...]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Library blog. The Daily Press just printed an article by Michael Welles Shapiro reviewing the new book by Steven Ujifusa, “A Man and his Ship: America’s Greatest Naval Architect and his Quest to Build the SS United States.” The book explores the tenacity displayed by SS United States [...]
Hello readers and welcome back to the Library blog! I have a special treat for you today: a glimpse at the birth of the fastest ocean liner ever built, the SS United States! Launched in 1952, the United States was at that time the largest passenger ship ever constructed in the United States. She served [...]
Hello again readers, and welcome back to the library blog! I have some exciting news for you today – there’s a brand new exhibit in The Mariners’ Museum Library, and it’s FREE to come look at! The new exhibit is called “Illustrating the News: Shipwrecks in the Popular Press.” It follows the history of shipwreck [...]
The Mariners’ Museum Library invites you for a walk into the museum’s past. Please join Jennifer Anielski for a Secrets in the Stacks that will have you saying, “ I remember when …” as we look at photographs of the museum and park from yesteryear. As an added bonus, a few faces of the past [...]
On Tuesday December 7, 2010 the Library welcomed The Mariners’ Museum’s Bronze Door Society and Friends of the Library for “The Unveiling of the Trireme.” The event showcased the Library’s newest addition, a scale model of a Greek trireme built by model maker Mark Wilkins. The highlight of the evening was Dr. John Hyland’s talk [...]
