150 years ago, these men served aboard the ironclad USS Monitor.   10 years ago, NOAA and the U.S. Navy recovered Monitor‘s revolving gun turret and transported it to The Mariners’ Museum for conservation and exhibit.   33 days from now, on December 30, this could be you inside Monitor‘s gun turret:   Want to [...]

  Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see the USS Monitor’s gun turret conservation in action! June 25 – July 27, 2012 Come observe Mariners’ Museum conservators and NOAA archaeologists as they perform a variety of activities as part of a 20-year plan to stabilize this 120-ton Civil War icon. Museum visitors will have an [...]