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• Digital Horizons: Photographing the Peter Ifland Collection

  • Collections
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Photography
  • Technology

  December 20, 2022

  This past year we undertook a project to photograph all 275 instruments in the Peter Ifland Collection. Here’s how it went!

  

• Are Oysters Really That Good?

  • Collections
  • Cultural Heritage

  December 19, 2022

  I encourage anyone reading this to explore your family’s history. You never know what you might uncover and to what extent you, too, are connected to maritime history.

  

• Mutiny at Sea: Death and Destruction on USS Somers

  • Civil War
  • Military
  • Military Conflict
  • Shipbuilding

  December 15, 2022

  The brig-of-war USS Somers is one of the most ill-fated ships in US naval history. Its story is filled with powerful politicos, mutiny at sea, executions, and famous authors.

  

• The Flying Bridge of Bratislava

  • Collections
  • Shipbuilding

  December 12, 2022

  Learn about the history, design, operation, and use of “flying bridges” – ferries propelled solely by water flow!

  

• BEYOND THE FRAME: Musings of a Wave

  • Art
  • Beyond the Frame
  • Collections
  • Recreation

  December 5, 2022

  In Frank Vining Smith's ca 1900-40 oil painting, The Wild Gulf Stream,  we explore the artist's muse and his inspirations through his depiction of a singular large wave that fills his grand canvas. His life led him to the waters' edge time and time again, and in this blog we explore what it is about a wave that calls us, too.

  

• Sisters in Arms

  • Collections
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Hampton Roads History
  • Military
  • Photography
  • Women's History

  November 21, 2022

  November is Native American Heritage Month! Today we’d like to celebrate that by honoring two Navajo sisters who served at the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation (HRPE) during WWII.

  

• Planting the Seed of Environmental Stewardship

  • Educational Enrichment
  • Environmental Conservation
  • Mariners' Park

  November 16, 2022

  High school students from Newport News Public Schools have been assisting The Mariners' Museum and Park with a Mariners’ Lake restoration project called B-WET. Through this program, students gain valuable watershed knowledge and take an active role in becoming environmental stewards.

  

• The Real McCoy

  • Collections
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Photography

  November 14, 2022

  Have you ever heard the phrase, “This is the real McCoy?” Did you know that this saying has historical significance?