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  • Beyond the Frame: Something to Remember

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Exploration
    • Technology
    • USS Monitor

    Art is fascinating in the way that it allows us to peer into the mind of an artist, see the world through their eyes, through the lens of their creativity. But there’s something very special about an artist allowing us to peek into their memory, especially a life changing one like this.

  • 2022 in review: The Mariners’ Photographers’ Top Photos

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Photography

    Enjoy a fun round-up of our photographer's favorite photos from 2022!

  • Brigadier General Samuel Chapman Armstrong

    • Civil War
    • Military
    • Military Conflict

    Samuel Chapman Armstrong was the founder of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University). A native of Hawaii, he fought with the Union army during the Civil War.

  • The documentation, cleaning, and relocation of a 300 year-old ship in pieces

    • Collections
    • Conservation
    • Cultural Heritage

    Ships? Princesses? Dental Picks? Conservation has a lot going on this summer with the documentation, cleaning, and relocation of over 300 ship timbers for future research and treatment.

  • IRONCLADS STRIKE: CSS PALMETTO STATE AND CSS CHICORA

    • Civil War
    • Military
    • Military Conflict

    Something unusual occurred in the early morning darkness of January 31, 1863, when the Confederate ironclad rams, CSS Chicora and CSS Palmetto State, crossed the Charleston Bar and struck the Union ships guarding that blockade runners’ haven.

  • The Spanish Flu in Hampton Roads  

    • Hampton Roads History
    • Red Cross

    By mid-September 1918, the first cases of the Spanish Flu were reported, impacting the soldiers, sailors, and workers coming into the Hampton Roads community to support the war effort. Bases and ships had to be built, requiring more workers than Hampton Roads had ever seen before.

  • Battle of Wassaw Sound and CSS Atlanta

    • Civil War
    • Military
    • Military Conflict

    CSS Atlanta was an ironclad transformation effort which used the iron-hull and Scottish-built engines of SS Fingal to fashion one of the Confederacy’s most powerful warships. The ironclad; however, had a deep draft which limited its operational area below Savannah

  • One Name, Two Ships, Three Stories

    • Collections
    • Technology

    Have you ever gotten the sense that something is following you around? Maybe there is a phrase, word, song, or something else that just keeps popping up in unexpected places, and you’re not sure why? That happened to me recently, and the product is this blog post!

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