Tag: Exploration
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Empire of Ice and Stone
Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Get ready for a suspenseful evening filled with thrills and chills when Buddy Levy returns to The Mariners’ to share the last great voyage of the Heroic Age of Discovery in his latest Arctic epic, Empire of Ice and Stone.
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Teacher Professional Development Day: Exploration Reimagined!
Saturday, March 4, 2023 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
The Mariners’ Museum and Park invites educators to a Teacher Professional Development session focusing on Exploration! This in-person session includes a behind-the-scenes tour of artifacts, rare books, and cartography, a tour of the new gallery Exploration Reimagined, and more!
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20th Anniversary of USS Monitor’s Turret Recovery
2022 marks the 20th anniversary of raising the famous ironclad’s gun turret off the ocean floor, where it sat for 140 years. Just like the innovative weapon, this feat was revolutionary. The divers, archaeologists, engineers - the US Navy, NOAA, and countless others, worked together to accomplish this mission. This video celebrates all of these people who made this happen!
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BEYOND THE FRAME: Something to Remember
In this episode, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the recovery of USS Monitor's turret - a story told through this work, a tale to be proud of - to pass on, and something to remember.
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SS Savannah
This hybrid American ship was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic! Watch the video to learn more about this impressive ship's story.
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Investigating The Crime Of The Slave Ship Clotilda
Dr. Natalie S. Robertson devoted 30 years of research, from Benin to Alabama, shares the story of Clotilda, the last American slave ship, and to tell the startling truth about the Clotilda smuggling crime.
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Fierce and Feminine: Female Pirates That Roamed the Seven Seas
Hear the fascinating stories behind some of history’s most famous and lesser-known pirate queens who ruled the seas.