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Bells Across the Land

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这是一个号的照片Monitor‘s engine room gong after conservation at The Mariners’ Museum. We briefly rang this gong in 2012 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the sinking of USSMonitorand to remember the lives of her crew lost off Hatteras, NC in 1862.

On Thursday, April 9 at 3:00pm, staff and visitors at The Mariners’ will be joining the National Park Service’sBells Across the Landinitiative to commemorate 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, which represents the symbolic end of the Civil War. We will host a ceremony aboard the USSMonitorreplica outside the USSMonitorCenter, hear brief remarks from speakers, observe a moment of silence, and ring the replica’s bronze bell.Read more

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Remembering USS Monitor, Her Designer, and Their Arch Rival

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In October of 1862, USSMonitorwas at the Washington Navy Yard for some maintenance and repairs. A commemorative inscription was stamped onto the breech of both ofMonitor‘s XI-Inch Dahlgren shell guns at this time to celebrate the Battle of Hampton Roads by recognizing the important men and vessels that participated in the conflict.

The port Dahlgren was inscribed: “WORDEN. MONITOR & MERRIMAC.”Read more

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Help Identify a Mystery Artifact

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Over the past 13 years, NOAA archaeologists and Mariners’ Museum conservators have discovered hundreds of amazing artifacts within USSMonitor‘s revolving gun turret. Some artifacts, like the Dahlgren guns, gun carriages, and gun tools, are undergoing conservation as I type this blog entry. Others have already been fully conserved and are now on display within the USSMonitorCenter at The Mariners’ Museum or have been loaned to other institutions around the country to help shareMonitor‘s fascinating stories.

However, there are handful of artifacts that continue to mystify us in the lab, particularly those that have been fully conserved but not properly identified. It may sound strange or surprising that in the last 13 years we have not successfully identified every single artifact from the turret. But this is often the case when many materials are excavated from an archaeological setting.Read more

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A Coat, Colleague, and Call for Preservation

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Matthew Eng, our good friend and colleague from the Naval Historical Foundation in Washington, D.C., recently visited the USSMonitorCenter at The Mariners’ Museum. He was in town for the 10th Maritime Heritage Conference’s reception and we sneaked him inside the lab for an advanced viewing of one our most cherished artifacts.

As always, Matt’s writing encapsulates the heart and soul of what happens in the USSMonitorconservation lab and clearly demonstrates why preserving our collective maritime heritage is so important to the nation. Check out his story and pictures here:Read more

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