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  • Waterways of Africa: The Nile

    What makes this river so important? Often associated with the ancient Egyptians, the Nile has provided and supported life throughout many countries in Africa. It is connected to several other major bodies of water, and has impacted the development of African cultures for thousands of years.

  • He was, above all, a Mariner

    • Cultural Heritage
    • Recreation

    Most everyone knows Hal Holbrook as a quintessential actor of television, movies, and the stage. Most everyone knows Hal Holbrook as a quintessential actor of television, movies, and the stage.

  • Africa’s Kingdoms and Maritime Cultures: The Swahili Coast

    Stretching 1,800 miles down the eastern coast and with its indigenous African, Middle Eastern and Asian influences, the Swahili coast has been a place of historical, cultural, economic, and political interactions and exchanges for thousands of years.

  • Virginia Waterways and the Underground Rail Road

    From 1830 to 1860, the City of Norfolk was the center of maritime activities in Hampton Roads as the Port of Virginia. These waterways transported goods to points North and enslaved human beings to the Lower South to work on cotton plantations. Yet, these same waterways that condemned so many to hard labor, separating families and causing so much pain, were also used to secure freedom for thousands through a locally autonomous system that fed into a national underground railroad network.

  • 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.

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