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  • Bringing the Outdoors In

  • Beyond the Frame: Manuel Gaspar

    • Art
    • Beyond the Frame
    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage

    This stunning portrait of a blue-collar, immigrant fisherman takes us on a voyage of “why’s” and “why not’s” that brings us back to the heart of our mission here at The Mariners’.

  • Burnside’s Roanoke Island Expedition: The Battle for the North Carolina Sounds

    • Civil War
    • Military
    • Military Conflict

    Major General George B. McClellan recognized the need for combined operations to overwhelm the Confederate war effort. With more than 3,000 miles of coastline to defend, the Southerners were often unable to protect their coastal territory effectively. The captures of Hatteras Inlet and Port Royal Sound were decisive actions that furthered General Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan

  • CSI – Mariners' Museum edition

  • USS Neversail: The Landlocked Ship That Made Its Own Waves

    • Collections
    • Military
    • Photography
    • Technology

    During World War I, a Navy vessel ‘sailed’ the concrete of New York City for three years. The only water it ever encountered was from the sky and the city’s municipal water supply. The battleship, nicknamed “USS Neversail” and the “Street Dreadnaught,” was officially christened USS Recruit.

  • Raising the Mast

  • Baptism at the ‘Waist of the World’

    • Collections
    • Military

    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!

  • To touch or not to touch: interacting with artifacts

  • Commerce Raider CSS NASHVILLE

    • Civil War
    • Military Conflict

    CSS Nashville played an important role in the Confederate search for European recognition.

  • BEYOND THE FRAME: The Secret Ingredient

    In this episode of Beyond the Frame, we explore Edward William Cooke’s 1856 oil on canvas, “Violent Squall on the Adriatic” in which he transports us to the Venetian lagoon where we feel the wind whirling around us and hear the crashing of the waves while we watch a ferocious storm barrel in.

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