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  • Parthian and the Pirates

    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage

    This week, while trying to identify prints in our collection that showed dghasa, a beautiful little craft native to Malta, I stumbled across a really interesting watercolor painted by Nicolas Cammillieri. The artwork is titled “H.M. Sloop Parthian Capturing a Spanish Pirate.” The computer record didn’t contain any information about the event depicted but I figured there must be an interesting story behind the artwork–and I was right!

  • Naval Intelligence in Hampton Roads: 1861-1862

    • Civil War
    • Hampton Roads History
    • Military
    • Military Conflict

    There was no formal naval intelligence system established during the American Civil War. While a few examples exist of Northern sympathizers, free Blacks, like Mary Louvestre of Portsmouth, sent messages to various Union commanders about the Confederate ironclad construction effort.

  • Conquering the (never really conquered) Wild

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Conservation
    • Women's History

    A little over 20 years after its last major treatment, Conquering the Wild was due for a day at the spa.

  • Beyond the Frame: Upon Which the Sun Hits

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Shipbuilding

    Much like the way these men work together towards a common goal, color, light, composition, and subject matter work together to create an overall harmonious feeling in the work. This feeling is one of unity, a core principle in art.

  • Making Friends With A Masked Bandit…

    • Mariners' Park
    • Wildlife

    A fun story about some raccoons in our Mariners' Park!

  • A Haunting in Hampton Roads: The Ghost Fleet on the James River

    • Collections
    • Hampton Roads History
    • Military
    • Photography

    A few weeks ago, on a late summer boat ride on the James River, I noticed the outlines of looming grey ships in the distance that I hadn’t seen before. “What are those?” I wondered aloud.

  • Frames of Destruction

    • Collections
    • Exploration
    • Military
    • Military Conflict
    • Shipbuilding

    During my time at Mariners’ I have frequently been intrigued by an odd looking object in one of our storage areas but time wasn’t always available to learn more about it. That recently changed for one object when I spent several months researching the history behind a piece that has always intrigued me—a large, bent, barbed, piece of iron–the spear of a chevaux-de-frise.

  • Hidden Histories: The Quest continues…

    • Black History
    • Collections
    • Hampton Roads History
    • Hidden Histories

    “Hidden Histories” is a Museum project designed to give names, agency, and interpretation of unidentified African Americans in our Collections through genealogical research and community engagement.

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