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  • Chris-Craft

    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.

  • 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

  • Tattooing…a dead art?

    • Collections
    • Military

    The Museum holds a wonderful collection of materials once used by the world famous Norfolk tattooist August Bernard Coleman, known as Cap Coleman. What was the motivation for acquiring this collection?

  • Mr. Orange, Revealed

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Cultural Heritage
    • history

    Learn how recent research has revealed a connection between the port of Liverpool’s Bidston Hill signal station and Norfolk, Virginia in the 18th century.

  • Not Your Average Joe

    • Photography
    • Recreation
    • Women's History

    Marion Barbara “Joe” Carstairs would be the first to tell you that she was “never a little girl.” Joe saw a lot of racing success, taking the trophies at several competitions in Southampton and Cannes. In 1925 Joe became “the fastest woman on water” during the Duke of York’s Trophy, a four-and-a-half mile race down the Thames. 

  • Museum CLOSED

    Saturday, September 23, 2023 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

    Due to inclement weather, The Mariners’ Museum and Park is closed on Saturday, September 23.

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