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• Coal is cool: archaeological implications of Monitor’s cannon boring project

  March 25, 2020

  

• Oh, the places we go – a deep dive into an air compressor!

  March 24, 2020

  

• The Bathing Girl

  March 23, 2020

  

• Bearded or Ringed or Spotted? Oh my!

  February 21, 2020

  

• External Researchers Benefit Museum

  • Collections
  • Community Engagement
  • Exploration

  January 27, 2020

  Having outside experts use our collection to research their own projects is a great thing because even though it’s sometimes inconvenient and frequently time consuming it ALWAYS yields some new information about an object or image in our collection. This was especially the case in November when two researchers, Kevin Foster and Emir Yener, showed up to research Civil War era blockade runners and nineteenth century warships.

  

• A ‘Portable Hole in the Sea’

  • Collections
  • Shipbuilding
  • Technology

  December 2, 2019

  Hampton Roads is a pretty amazing place. Besides being one of the most important ports on the East Coast, it’s also been a cradle for innovation.

  

• Treatment of The Myriopticon: The Show Must Go On

  • Collections
  • Conservation
  • Cultural Heritage

  October 10, 2019

  

• Baptism at the ‘Waist of the World’

  • Collections
  • Military

  September 10, 2019

  When planning this year’s Gallery Crawl I decided to include a station focusing on a well-known seafaring tradition: the line crossing ceremony. If you’re asking yourself “what the hell is a line crossing ceremony?” and are planning to attend the Crawl let me just say you are in for a real treat!