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  • Celebrating Black History Month

    From the individual hidden voices that are now being heard to the ancient kingdoms that populated the African continent, Black and African history is intertwined with incredible stories that illustrate both adversity and diversity.

  • 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.

  • The Greek Maritime Holiday Tradition of Karavakia!

    • Cultural Heritage

    The Greek tradition of Karavakia is the decorating of small boats during the Christmas season. It dates back to Greece’s ancient seafaring days.

  • Native American Heritage Month~ Explored Through the Adney Collection of Canoe Models

    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage

    The Edwin Tappan Adney collection at The Mariners’ Museum and Park include 120 canoe models. For Adney (1868-1950) building canoe models was not a hobby. He felt that it was his duty to document as many of the boats as he could. 

  • Native American Heritage Month

    Among the world-renowned treasures found at The Mariners’ Museum and Park is the Edwin Tappan Adney Canoe Model Collection. Explore what can be learned about Native American history, heritage, and culture through the stories these boats tell. Edwin Tappan Adney (1868-1950) was an American-Canadian artist, writer, and photographer. His obsession was the history, use, and construction of the bark canoe.

  • Labyrinth of Ice

    In July 1881, Lieutenant A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global maps. Their goal: Farthest North. What would follow was one of the most extraordinary and terrible voyages ever made. Labyrinth of Ice is the story of the heroic lives and deaths of these voyagers hell-bent on fame and fortune ― at any cost ― and how their journey changed the world.

  • Navy Service Pistols

    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Military
    • Military Conflict

    It’s incredibly rare, it’s from the US Navy, it’s a key piece of the origin story for the longest serving, most produced military sidearm in world (not American, WORLD) history… and it’s in the collection of your Mariners’ Museum and Park!

  • A Tour Through the Mediterranean with Joseph Partridge

    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Exploration

    A recent inquiry from the Assistant Professor of Mediterranean History and Archaeology at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World brought a really cool assemblage of watercolors in our collection to my attention. The images were painted by Joseph Partridge, an artist turned Marine stationed aboard USS Warren between 1827 and 1830.

  • A salty situation

    • Conservation
    • Cultural Heritage

    When salt gets into things it’s not meant to get into, it almost always causes problems, but the nature of the problem varies by material: organics (like wood, leather and cloth), metals (like iron and copper), and other inorganic materials (like ceramics, glass and stone).

  • Conservation Update: Turret Knife

    • Civil War
    • Conservation
    • Cultural Heritage
    • Hampton Roads History
    • USS Monitor

    An update on the conservation treatment for a bone-handled knife found in the concretion of the turret.

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