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.

In 1893 the New York Times mentioned a fire resulting in injuries in a shop owned by a Mr. James Gregory at 106 Cannon Street. Mr. Gregory’s metal shop foreclosed in 1897. Take a look at the pics!

The Chris-Craft name is synonymous with speed and craftsmanship. For more than sixty years, this worldwide boating empire, founded by Christopher Columbus Smith, was a leader in producing powered pleasure boats.

This particular bay watershed education and training grant, known as B-WET, is an environmental program for K-12 students that is focused on hands-on, place-based watershed learning. Our program works with 9th-grade high schoolers in the Newport News Public Schools.

The USS Roanoke was a Merrimack-class steam screw frigate built at the Gosport Navy Yard. When the Civil War erupted, Roanoke captured several blockade runners and fought during the March 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads.