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• The Greek Maritime Holiday Tradition of Karavakia!

  • Cultural Heritage

  December 16, 2020

  The Greek tradition of Karavakia is the decorating of small boats during the Christmas season. It dates back to Greece’s ancient seafaring days.

  

• The Spanish Flu in Hampton Roads  

  • Hampton Roads History
  • Red Cross

  December 10, 2020

  By mid-September 1918, the first cases of the Spanish Flu were reported, impacting the soldiers, sailors, and workers coming into the Hampton Roads community to support the war effort. Bases and ships had to be built, requiring more workers than Hampton Roads had ever seen before.

  

• Commerce Raider CSS NASHVILLE

  • Civil War
  • Military Conflict

  December 3, 2020

  CSS Nashville played an important role in the Confederate search for European recognition.

  

• Success (and Liquor) on the Rocks

  • Art
  • Collections

  November 30, 2020

  Discover the story behind a print titled “The Success wedged on a Rock, being at the same time between the fire of the Spanish Fort at Umata and a Ship in the Harbour.” Irony anyone?

  

• The Votes are In!

  • Community Engagement
  • Environmental Conservation

  November 30, 2020

  The results are in on 3 ballot initiatives aimed to establish limits on the size and cleanliness of ships visiting the port of Key West, Florida.

  

• Native American Heritage Month~ Explored Through the Adney Collection of Canoe Models

  • Collections
  • Cultural Heritage

  November 26, 2020

  The Edwin Tappan Adney collection at The Mariners’ Museum and Park include 120 canoe models. For Adney (1868-1950) building canoe models was not a hobby. He felt that it was his duty to document as many of the boats as he could. 

  

• Oh, How We Mariners Love Lighthouses

  • Collections
  • Photography

  November 25, 2020

  Photographs of British lighthouses purchased for The Mariners’ Museum Collection in 1936 from Bertram M. Chambers, an admiral in the Royal Navy. Symbolically, lighthouses offer a message of hope and determination when facing adversity.

  

• Hampton Roads during WWII: the WACs

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

  November 24, 2020

  The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) was formed in 1942. It was the first time, and the only group, that integrated women into the United States Military. Around 150,000 women volunteered to serve in the WAC during World War II.