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  • Landlocked No More

    • Collections

    Introduction to Morgan Brittain, joining The Mariners’ Museum and Park team as a Graduate Assistant from the William & Mary American Studies PhD program.

  • Remembering RMS Titanic

    • Collections

    This life vest is believed to have been recovered from the body of one of the 1,500 passengers who perished on that icy night. This solemn piece reminds us of the panic, heartbreak, and pain so many had to endure that evening and beyond.

  • 10,000 Items Catalogued (Cont.)

  • Lt. Warre’s Huangpu River (Pt. 2)

  • Gun Tool Session

  • 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.

  • An Unnecessary Disaster

    • Collections
    • Exploration
    • Technology

    August 29 marked the 239th anniversary of one of the Royal Navy’s worst and most unnecessary disasters–the capsizing of the 108-gun first rate ship HMS Royal George. When the disaster occurred there were innumerable family members, merchants and other people on board visiting the crew. As a consequence, there were wide discrepancies in the number of reported fatalities.

  • USS Monitor pea coat: the cell phone of 1862

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