Join Ariel, one of our summer interns, as she explains what happens to wood when it has been sitting underwater or in the ground for years and how they are stabilized to preserve for future generations.

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.

Have you noticed our Conservation crew treating the Leifr Eiriksson statue this summer? Work is now complete, so read along with us as we share how we cleaned and recoated him!

Take a tour of the International Small Craft Center with Jules, one of our summer Conservation interns, as she explores some of her favorite vessels and their stories!

By building on existing research and conducting new experiments, the team aims to find a way to extract sulfur from waterlogged archaeological wood to prevent future damage.

Extensive research rediscovers history of Dutch ownership for a decorative English octant in the Museum’s Peter Ifland Collection.

Exploration Gallery is where guests can connect with one another and engage with incredible stories of mariners, past and present.

A mariner, through and through, the artist John Alexander Noble (1913-1983) devoted his life's work to the capture of scenes of mariners at sea, shipping, salvage, and decay. But of all of the ships he captured, in various phases of their life and death, it was the Spanish Bark, Guadalhorce, that he seemed to favor above all others.