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  • Dr. Gladys B. West: The woman who reshaped the modern world

    • Black History
    • Collections
    • Science
    • Technology
    • Women's History

    Dr. West has had an incredibly accomplished career in mathematics over her 42 years of service! After starting her career with the Navy, Dr. West focused her work on astronomical studies in an effort to understand how Pluto and Neptune moved in relation to each other in the 1960s.

  • Gifts to the Heart, From the Sea

    • Art
    • Collections

    Discover some objects made by – or purchased by – sailors as they were on long voyages away from their sweethearts!

  • Treasures from the Archives

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Exploration

    The Museum’s archives are full of wonderful and seldom seen objects that span over 500 years of maritime history.

  • Be My Mariner? Share a Secret with Your Mariner Valentine

    • Conservation
    • Science
    • Technology

    See how we made secret Valentine's using invisible ink!

  • Princess Carolina Update: Treatment Testing and Small Artifact Work

    • Conservation
    • Science

    We’ve spent quite a bit of time over the last year or so researching treatment options for the Princess Carolina timbers that have acidic areas.

  • Capture Of Forts Henry And Donelson

    • Civil War
    • Military
    • Military Conflict

    This campaign began the Civil War career of ‘Unconditional Surrender’ Grant.

  • Hampton Roads during WWII: Army Nurse Corps

    • Collections
    • Hampton Roads History
    • Military
    • Photography
    • Women's History

    The United States Army Nurse Corps (ANC) was formally established by the US Congress in 1901. Women served as nurses in previous wars, but it wasn’t until 1901 that they were officially on Army Payroll.

  • Money Makes the World Go ‘Round: Ancient Greek Coin

    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage

    On this coin that is well over 2300 years old, we see a floating galley on the reverse and a curious figure on the obverse. Some records of similar coins from the Phoenician city of Arados label their male figure as Poseidon, or sometimes Zeus, but these are Greek deities.

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