Online Media Center

The Mariners' Museum online Press Room is designed to speed up media needs by providing up-to-date press releases, exhibition press kits, and current photography online with a few simple clicks of your mouse. This site is restricted to press articles or other news reports only.

The Mariners' Museum online Press Room is designed to speed up media needs by providing up-to-date press releases, exhibition press kits, and current photography online with a few simple clicks of your mouse. This site is restricted to press articles or other news reports only.

News Articles & Videos

• Newport News Shipbuilding Exhibits 125 Years of Shipbuilding History at The Mariners' Museum
• Hometown Hotspot - Mariners' Museum
• Newport News in Review, January 2011
• See what MSNBC has to say about the USS Monitor
• HamptonRoads.com revisits a maritime mystery
• Restoration efforts on Civil War steam engine progressing
• After 93 Years, Fate of Ship Still Mystifies
• Civil War Shipwreck's Iconic Engine Gets TLC
• Civil War ironclad's iconic engine gets first look
• Venetian Gondola
• Mark Erickson's top art shows of 2010 Hampton Roads
• Rescued USS Monitor steam engine returns to Civil War appearance

Press Releases

Release date January 25, 2012
SS United States Conservancy chief speaks Feb. 9 at Mariners’ Museum

Release date November 3, 2011
Mariners' Museum's USS Monitor Gun Turret is a Winner of the "Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts" Program

Release date November 1, 2011
Rep. Rob Wittman speaks Monday at The Mariners’ Museum

Release date November 1, 2011
Mariners’ Museum President Announces Resignation

Release date September 21, 2011
Worldwide Maritime Museum Officials Head to The Mariners’ Museum

Release date: August 31, 2011
Giant White Oak Falls in Storm, Revealing Secret

Release date: August 11, 2011
Ads 150 Years Ago Sought Iron Ship Technology

Release date: June 16, 2011
Gondola Returns to Mariners’ Museum Following Stay at National Gallery of Art

Release date: June 10, 2011
Monitor’s Innovation, Conservation Efforts Earn International Honor

Release date: March 11, 2011
Christie’s Chief to Discuss “Floating Palaces” of Art Deco

Release date: March 4, 2011
New Exhibition is Cornerstone of Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend

Release date: January 4, 2011
Mariners’ Museum Gondola Headed to National Gallery of Art

Release date: December 3, 2010
Travel Channel Episode Filmed at The Mariners’ Museum is Set to Air

Release date: September 29, 2010
The Mariners’ Museum Announces Fall Author Lecture Series

Release date: June 21, 2010
Registration is now open for the 10th Annual 5K and 10K on the Noland Trail

Release date: June 16, 2010
The Un-FATHOM-able Horror! The Mariners' Museum meets Sea Monsters!

Release date: April 20, 2010
Dixie Carter, Hal Holbrook’s Shared Love of the Sea is Focus of Future Exhibit

Release date: March 31, 2010
The Mariners’ Museum to Host International Conference