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Garry Adelman lectures during the Battle of Hampton Roads

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Recent Blog Posts

The Bronze Door Society Saves the Day!
It was going so well, until it wasn’t. . . It was a crisp winter morning, the year newly minted as it was only January 2nd. I had just finished preparing all of our samples to run on our old, but usually reliable, ion chromatography (IC) unit. (Aside: The IC Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Jan 17 2019By Molly McGath
From Camels to Cobangs
This lengthy blog post began rather innocently when Bonham’s most recent Art of Time auction catalog arrived. One of the many varied aspects of my job is placing insurance values on objects so I regularly peruse catalogs for objects similar to those in our collection. In the catalog I noticed Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Jan 9 2019By Jeanne Willoz-Egnor
Twelve Days of Christmas at The Mariners’ Museum
A few days ago I spotted a video posted by the staff of the Western Australia Museum about the twelve days of Christmas. It inspired me to write my own, Mariners’ Museum version of the twelve days of Christmas to celebrate Dollar Admission and the holidays and today, a few Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Dec 24 2018By Jeanne Willoz-Egnor
Every Little Thing: A Look at an Artifact’s Pit-stop in Conservation before Going out on Loan
Hello again, Mariners. If you don’t remember me, I’m the museum’s Assistant Objects Conservator. 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 Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Nov 28 2018By Paige Schmidt
Not just big heads, historic survivors of the Blitz!
This week Brock needed to photograph a couple of the large figureheads on display in our lobby and it reminded me of their really interesting history. I’m not talking about the history of the ships they came from, although I am sure that’s fascinating as well, in this instance I’m Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Nov 15 2018By Jeanne Willoz-Egnor

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