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• USS Monitor: Oil Reservoirs

  • Conservation
  • Technology
  • USS Monitor

  February 24, 2022

  Oil reservoirs are a tool commonly found on USS Monitor‘s engine. Also known as an oil cup or lubricating cup, they were used on steam engines to keep valves and levers constantly lubricated.

  

• Fabulous Fotos: A winter’s day // In a deep and dark December…

  • Photography
  • Recreation

  February 18, 2022

  Nothing says winter visually like a blanketed sky and soft lighting. The scene is captured in muted colors except for a child in a bright blue jacket.

  

• Rare map of Virginia added to our Collection

  • Collections

  February 15, 2022

  Titled New Map of Virginia compiled from the latest maps 1861, this pocket map was published in mid-1861 by the Richmond, Virginia firm of J. W. Randolph.

  

• 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.

  

• Beyond the Frame: The Foundry

  • Art
  • Collections
  • Shipbuilding
  • Technology

  February 4, 2022

  Approaching any 6 and a-half foot tall by 10 and a half foot wide painting is an experience. The sheer magnitude leaves you wondering whether you want to get closer or step back. But when approaching a Thomas Skinner piece, like this one – “The Foundry”, we feel as if we can step in.

  

• USS Neversail: The Landlocked Ship That Made Its Own Waves

  • Collections
  • Military
  • Photography
  • Technology

  January 25, 2022

  During World War I, a Navy vessel ‘sailed’ the concrete of New York City for three years. The only water it ever encountered was from the sky and the city’s municipal water supply. The battleship, nicknamed “USS Neversail” and the “Street Dreadnaught,” was officially christened USS Recruit.

  

• Coastal Ironclads Other Than Monitors

  • Civil War
  • Military
  • Military Conflict

  January 24, 2022

  The American Civil War is often considered the first modern industrial war. Both North and South endeavored to mobilize their resources to wage total war. This experience revolutionized naval warfare, and in doing so, forever changed America’s political, social, and economic fabric.

  

• Beyond the Frame: The Essence of a Memory

  • Art
  • Beyond the Frame
  • Collections
  • Recreation

  January 7, 2022

  Have you ever had a moment that feels almost like Deja-vu? It feels like it’s a memory, but you know it isn’t? Experiencing “Full Tide” by Frederick Judd Waugh is a moment like this – a memory or possibly something deeper in our subconscious.