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  • Science Smorgasbord

    • Conservation
    • Science

    As his time at The Mariners’ Museum and Park comes to a close, Conservation Science Intern Harrison Biggs offers an overview of his work.

  • Uncharted Waters: Overcoming Challenges in Sulfur Extraction Experiments

    • Conservation
    • Science

    Conducting scientific experiments comes with challenges but ultimately provides valuable information for developing conservation treatments.

  • Diamond Rock: A British Thorn in Napoleon’s Backside

    • Collections
    • Military

    Learn the amazing story of the British Royal Navy’s fortification and occupation of Diamond Rock, a small island off the coast of Martinique, during the Napoleonic War.

  • A Mast, Ye Matey: A Princess Carolina Update

    • Collections
    • Conservation
    • Cultural Heritage

    Watch how our Conservation team moved Princess Carolina's mizzenmast from the work space, to the freezer, to its resting place!

  • Making an Entrance: Conserving the Bronze Doors

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Conservation

    The Bronze Doors have been treated! See how our Conservation team treated these iconic pieces this summer.

  • BEYOND THE FRAME: Portrait of a Fisherman

    • Art
    • Beyond the Frame
    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage

    In this edition of Beyond the Frame, we explore a grouping of 4 small oil paintings by the artist Milton J. Burns painted between ca. 1875 and 1925. Though this grouping was very likely never intended by the artist, they work together to tell a greater story, allowing the viewer insight into the life of the artist, and even an interpretive narrative of the life of a fisherman.

  • The Gunda-low-down: Using Science to Examine River Boats

    • Conservation
    • Science

    The discovery of a river boat in 1990 spurred a period of research into the Shenandoah Valley’s elusive single use boat, but 30 years later we find ourselves questioning the boat's identity… with Science!

  • Water in things, things in water: How to deal with waterlogged wood

    • Collections
    • Conservation
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Science

    Join Ariel, one of our summer interns, as she explains what happens to wood when it has been sitting underwater or in the ground for years and how they are stabilized to preserve for future generations.

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