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  • Princess Carolina Update: Treatment Testing and Small Artifact Work

    • Conservation
    • Science

    We’ve spent quite a bit of time over the last year or so researching treatment options for the Princess Carolina timbers that have acidic areas.

  • Beyond the Frame: Connection

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Recreation

    In looking at this work, the concept of connection comes to mind over and over. I thought about what connection means to me and my mind immediately went to technology – WiFi, cell service, texts, and email.

  • Wrapped in Love: A Cozy Winter Wedding

    • Events

    The most popular season to tie the knot may be fall, but we're reminiscing about a gorgeous winter wedding that transpired in The Mariners' South Courtyard. As friends and family gathered to watch Jayli and Asa say, "I do," warmth and love radiated throughout the space, creating a magical atmosphere. 

  • 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.

  • Telling a Story: A Documentarian Eye

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Conservation
    • Photography

    Documentary photography is a genre of the medium where the goal is to tell a story through images. The idea is to take photos that, viewed together, can give you a more complete understanding of an event, a person, or even just a location. A do

  • Mysterious Ports Identified

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Military

    Sometimes, you have to do a little digging to discover the location a piece of art captures. Come along on an investigative journey to identify two port views by artist Joseph Partridge. 

  • The Battle of Drewry’s Bluff

    • Civil War
    • Military Conflict
    • USS Monitor

    The Battle of Drewry’s Bluff was a dramatic Confederate victory. Richmond was under immediate threat of being captured or at least shelled and destroyed by the Union flotilla, but the cannoneers at Drewry’s Bluff prevented the capital from capture.

  • 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.

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