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  • Hidden Histories: The Quest to Put Names to Our Past

    • Black History
    • Collections
    • Hidden Histories

    For a while, the images of the Black men who built our Museum remained anonymous, despite our efforts to try to identify them. All we really had to go on was that they worked here. So that is where we started.

  • Carta Marina, 1567 Edition

    • Collections
    • Exploration
    • Photography

    While the 1567 edition of the Carta Marina does not have the number and variety of sea monsters as the earlier editions, it does show several sea monsters off the west coast of Scandinavia and in the waters around Iceland.

  • HRPE: The American Red Cross

    • Collections
    • Military
    • Photography

    The Red Cross played a vital role in maintaining morale and the mental health of those in the military, especially those abroad. During World War II, the Red Cross was the only civilian service organization authorized to work with overseas military personnel, and in fact began providing aid to civilian victims of the war in Europe before the US entered the war in 1941.

  • City Nature Challenge is here! What might you discover?

    • Mariners' Park
    • Wildlife

    Help us identify wildlife and foliage in our Park!

  • Send Help! Stuck in the Suez

    • Collections
    • Technology

    So far, world events of 2020 and 2021 have been interesting, to say the very least. In the maritime world, a unique event occurred on March 23, 2021. If you watched the news that day and for many days following, you most likely heard about and saw how it unfolded. Can you guess what I’m talking about?

  • The Power of Water: Celebrating National Poetry Month and Earth Day

    • Art
    • Collections

    Poetry provides a unique glimpse into the past, present, and future. The vibrant words written on a page project a scene in our minds strung together by words, emotions, and memories from our own experiences and imaginations.

  • Burnside’s Roanoke Island Expedition: The Battle for the North Carolina Sounds

    • Civil War
    • Military
    • Military Conflict

    Major General George B. McClellan recognized the need for combined operations to overwhelm the Confederate war effort. With more than 3,000 miles of coastline to defend, the Southerners were often unable to protect their coastal territory effectively. The captures of Hatteras Inlet and Port Royal Sound were decisive actions that furthered General Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan

  • Who was Captain of the Andrew Harder? A Mystery Solved

    • Black History
    • Collections

    I found a small logbook dating from the Civil War kept by the captain of the steamer Andrew Harder. But my choice of Log 192 involved an inherent mystery we had hoped Thomas might be able to solve for us. Who was this diarist?

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