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• Battle of Galveston

  • Civil War
  • Military Conflict
  • Shipbuilding

  October 23, 2020

  Major General John Bankhead Magruder arrived in Texas in late October 1862 and immediately sought to regain the laurels he had earned on the Virginia Peninsula.

  

• Of Two Worlds

  • Collections

  October 20, 2020

  Early European explorers and settlers to Virginia found that the Indigenous population had a successful watercraft of their own: the dugout canoe. Canoes were laboriously crafted from a single log.

  

• A Maritime issue on the ballot!

  • Community Engagement
  • Environmental Conservation

  October 15, 2020

  The future of cruise ships in the world of Covid-19 may be on the minds of many citizens of port cities that welcome them.

  

• Hampton Roads Invaded: The Anglo-Dutch Naval Wars

  • Hampton Roads History
  • Military Conflict

  October 15, 2020

  

• La Isabel Project: Part Two

  • Collections
  • Conservation

  October 14, 2020

  Transition into the next steps of this conservation project which involve looking more closely at La Isabel’s history, structure, and condition.

  

• RAPHAEL SEMMES AND CSS SUMTER

  • Civil War
  • Military Conflict

  October 8, 2020

  The Sumter’s cruise launched the career of one of the greatest commerce raider commanders in history.

  

• “In the Land of Submarines”: Documenting Nishimura-style no. 3746

  • Conservation

  October 5, 2020

  This week “in the Land of Submarines” we’re focusing on documenting the Japanese submarine Nishimura 3746. Previously we talked about its history and our initial assessment of the hull. All this activity is in preparation of moving the sub onto a custom cradle and to a new home.

  

• Under the Influence of Empire: Whistler’s Naval Review Etchings

  • Art

  October 2, 2020

  James McNeill Whistler's Naval Review Etchings of 1887, their influences, and imperial implications.