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• 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.

  

• Have you heard the one about a train, a schooner, and a drawbridge?

  • Photography

  September 30, 2020

  Train accident, Laurel Delaware 1904. Locomotive plunges into river crushing schooner "Golden Gate."

  

• William Henry Bartlett and his Steamship Adventures

  • Art
  • Collections

  September 30, 2020

  William Henry Bartlett was a prolific artist who traveled the world to produce images for illustrated travel books from the late 1830s through the early 1850s. Learn more about the printed engravings of his artwork in the collection.

  

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

  • Collections
  • Conservation

  September 25, 2020

  Welcome to the second installment of our miniseries on Nishimura 3746, a Japanese midget submarine. We’re deep diving into an on-going project to resupport this one-of-a-kind vessel.

  

• USS ROANOKE: THE THREE-TURRETED MONSTER

  • Civil War
  • Hampton Roads History
  • Military Conflict

  September 24, 2020

  The USS Roanoke was a Merrimack-class steam screw frigate built at the Gosport Navy Yard. When the Civil War erupted, Roanoke captured several blockade runners and fought during the March 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads.