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  • Book a Speakers’ Bureau Program Form

  • Conserving the Samuel Hartt Pook Papers

    These documents outline, firsthand, the career of Naval Architect Samuel Hartt Pook. These historic papers highlight one of the most significant advancements in American Naval history. At the onset of the Civil War, Pook and his father (also a naval architect) aided the transition of the US fleet from wooden to iron and steel-hulled warships.

  • How Does Your Garden Grow? 

  • Lifting the AC72

  • Money Makes the World Go ‘Round: Ancient Greek Coin

    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage

    On this coin that is well over 2300 years old, we see a floating galley on the reverse and a curious figure on the obverse. Some records of similar coins from the Phoenician city of Arados label their male figure as Poseidon, or sometimes Zeus, but these are Greek deities.

  • A Snapshot of Love from our Collection, to Celebrate Engagement Season!

    • Collections

    What all of these artifacts have in common is that they show that love is timeless.

  • Taking the Stars with Peter Ifland

  • Buried Treasure: The Mystery Ship Found Under Manhattan

    The Ship that Held Up Wall Street tells the whole story of the discovery, excavation, and study of what came to be called the “Ronson ship site,” named for the site’s developer, Howard Ronson. Entombed for more than two hundred years, Princess Carolina proved to be the first major discovery of a colonial merchant ship.

  • Frames of Destruction

    • Collections
    • Exploration
    • Military
    • Military Conflict
    • Shipbuilding

    During my time at Mariners’ I have frequently been intrigued by an odd looking object in one of our storage areas but time wasn’t always available to learn more about it. That recently changed for one object when I spent several months researching the history behind a piece that has always intrigued me—a large, bent, barbed, piece of iron–the spear of a chevaux-de-frise.

  • Wonder Wednesdays

    Wednesday, July 3, 2024 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM

    Set sail on a magical adventure every Wednesday with Lil' Mariners' Wonder Wednesdays.

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