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  • Amazing Women for International Women’s Day!

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Photography
    • Women's History

    Today is International Women’s Day! Recently, I learned the stories of a few amazing women in maritime history and I thought today would be a perfect day to introduce them to you.

  • The Bronze Door Society Saves the Day!

    • Conservation
    • Science
    • Technology

    I placed my samples in the IC autosampler, started the run and left to do my research in the wet-lab. An hour later I came to check on the IC, and it had stopped working. . .

  • From Camels to Cobangs

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Exploration
    • Photography

    In the catalog I noticed a Japanese pillar clock, called a shaku dokei, up for auction. While updating the value I noticed a name on the clock’s storage box—’C. E. Thorburn, USN’. Whenever I run across a name, especially one this unique, I immediately try to see if I can uncover the history of the original owner.

  • Twelve Days of Christmas at The Mariners’ Museum

    • Collections
    • Exploration

    The Mariners’ Museum version of the twelve days of Christmas to celebrate Dollar Admission and the holidays and today, a few of our Museum guests helped me illustrate it.

  • Sail Maker’s Sewing Kit: A Look at an Artifact’s Pit-stop in Conservation before Going out on Loan

    • Collections
    • Conservation

    Recently, I’ve been working on several items that are going out on loan to various institutions next year. While only a couple of these projects will be very treatment intensive (probably more on those later…), I thought I’d share an example of the routine care and due diligence paid to every artifact prior to loan. Every little consideration is important to ensure the safety of an object while it is being appreciated elsewhere.

  • Not just big heads, historic survivors of the Blitz!

  • A local story for Armistice Day

  • Another day, another Dahlgren!

    • Conservation
    • USS Monitor

    Today’s question seems like a simple one – how long is a Dahlgren Shell Gun?

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