The Mariners’ Museum Library invites you for a walk into the museum’s past. Please join Jennifer Anielski for a Secrets in the Stacks that will have you saying, “ I remember when …” as we look at photographs of the museum and park from yesteryear. As an added bonus, a few faces of the past may appear as well.
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, August 3rd at noon.
An unlicensed, overcrowded Russian excursion boat sank on Sunday in the Volga River. The boat also had defective engines and was reportedly already listing to the starboard side when it departed. Russian authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into the cause of the disaster.
The Library’sinaugural exhibit “Keepers of the Sea: Logbooks from The Mariners’ Museum Library” has opened in our new exhibit area.
“Keepers of the Sea” comprises logbooks and artifacts highlighting the library’s vast collection of records from various ships throughout the 18thto 20thcenturies. The exhibit uses the logbooks to narrate experiential aspects of life at sea, including family life, whaling, and the trials of sailing. It also illustrates the many ways in which logbooks and journals allowed for technical documentation, diary-style writing, mapping, painting and drawing, charting, and record of correspondence.
企图to raise one of the anchors from Blackbeard’s famous shipQueen Anne’s Revengewill be made today. The ship sank off the coast of Beaufort, NC in 1718. The wreck currently sits in about 20 feet of water. For more information check out these articles:
http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2011/05/27/D9NFMOO80_us_blackbeard_s_ship/index.html
While it is not my intention to spark a political debate on this blog, I thought this was interesting news story.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/17/ship.cesar.chavez/index.html?hpt=C2
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