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• Money Makes the World Go ‘Round: Ancient Greek Coin

  • Collections
  • Cultural Heritage

  January 30, 2021

  On this coin that is well over 2300 years old, we see a floating galley on the reverse and a curious figure on the obverse. Some records of similar coins from the Phoenician city of Arados label their male figure as Poseidon, or sometimes Zeus, but these are Greek deities.

  

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

  • Collections
  • Military

  August 24, 2023

  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.

  

• Meet (a few) Monitor Crew

  February 15, 2017

  

• A Maritime issue on the ballot!

  • Community Engagement
  • Environmental Conservation

  October 15, 2020

  The future of cruise ships in the world of Covid-19 may be on the minds of many citizens of port cities that welcome them.

  

• Princess Carolina Update: Treatment Testing and Small Artifact Work

  • Conservation
  • Science

  February 5, 2021

  We’ve spent quite a bit of time over the last year or so researching treatment options for the Princess Carolina timbers that have acidic areas.

  

• Gosport Navy Yard is Captured

  May 7, 2020

  

• Lt. Warre’s Huangpu River (Pt. 3)

  December 11, 2017

  

• The Multicultural Mariner

  • Cultural Heritage

  February 4, 2022

  Multiculturalism incorporates ideas, beliefs, and people from many different countries and cultural backgrounds. This theme is built around our mission: we connect people to the world’s waters, because through our waters – through our shared maritime heritage – we are connected to one another.