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  • Conservation Treatment of a 17th-Century Dutch Print

    • Conservation

    Details on the paper treatment and common conservation techniques for a print that came to the lab due to its fragile condition.

  • The Detective and the Cataloger

    • Collections

    Cataloging engravings from 16th and 17th century atlases and books requires intense detective work to accurately understand the image’s origin or the scene’s history.

  • These Doors Do Heavy Metal!

    • Collections
    • Conservation

    A brief history of the Bronze Doors at The Mariners’ Museum and Park, commissioned in 1932. They once graced the main entrance and now are part of the collection.

  • Noone asked me…

    • Collections

    An annotated list of the maritime history books that I have found myself pulling off the shelf (again and again) for reference during my twenty-year tenure at The Mariners’ Museum and Park.

  • Capture of New Orleans: Farragut’s Rise to Fame

    • Civil War
    • Military Conflict

    While it was ever so critical for the Confederacy to maintain control of New Orleans, events elsewhere, especially in Tennessee, resulted in the city having inadequate defenses and naval support. 

  • Conservation Update: Turret Knife

    • Civil War
    • Conservation
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Hampton Roads History
    • USS Monitor

    An update on the conservation treatment for a bone-handled knife found in the concretion of the turret.

  • Building International Connections through the Collections

    • Collections

    The Mariners’ Museum collection was built around significant and representative objects to tell the story of all maritime history. 

  • The First Ironclad Emerges: Battle of the Head of Passes

    • Civil War
    • Military Conflict
    • Shipbuilding

    When the Civil War erupted, Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Russell Mallory knew that the South could only counter and defeat the larger US Navy if ironclads were employed.

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