My Cart

TMMP®_white (1) (1)-cropped-svg The Mariners' Museum and Park

The Mariners' Blog

Page: 27

  • Forgotten Faces of Titanic: The Widener Family

    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage

    It has been 109 years since the R.M.S. Titanic, at one point, deemed the “unsinkable ship,” struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Of the 2,205 passengers and crew members aboard, only 704 souls survived that fateful night. Passengers came to travel aboard the ship from all over the world, including approximately 300 from America. The Widener family was among this group of Americans.

  • Hampton Roads City Nature Challenge: A How-to guide

    • Mariners' Park
    • Wildlife

    Participate in the City Nature Challenge and help us identify wildlife and plants who call Mariners' Park home!

  • The Return of IR

    • Collections
    • Conservation
    • Science
    • Technology

    After a quick trip to the conservation lab, this makeshift muzzle was photographed and seen in a whole new light- literally. A series of images were taken of the label with varying infrared filtration to hone in on just the right wavelengths to best see ‘through’ the old varnish.

  • Beyond the Frame: Happy Place

    • Art
    • Beyond the Frame
    • Collections

    Looking at this work, we’re immediately struck by a stillness that feels, not stagnant, but rather meditative and peaceful. This stillness comes from the many horizontal lines that run through this piece. We see them in the clouds that don’t puff up, but rather spread out wispily in the sky, and in the horizon, the water, and the shore.

  • Sea Monsters Revisited – The Carta Marina and beyond

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Exploration

    The Carta Marina depicts the geography of Northern Europe, the British Isles and Iceland. More importantly, it is populated with figures from Scandinavian history and folklore, and with animals both real and imagined.

  • Women’s Magic of the Arctic

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Women's History

    For most indigenous groups around the world, there are gender-based roles and skills, and these skills are taught by their elders in order to pass on their traditions from generation to generation.

  • Hampton Roads during WWII: the WAVES

    • Military
    • Women's History

    Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) was the women’s branch of the Naval Reserves during World War II

  • Ida Lewis: Mother of all Keepers

    • Collections
    • Women's History

    Ida Lewis' acts of heroism are still inspiring women of all ages and created legacies that now bear her name.

Scroll to Top