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Discovered in 1967 during excavation for the building of the World Trade Center, this ancient 11-foot anchor at one time lay buried in mud nearby the Ship 'TIJGER' keel for more than 300 years. In 1999 members of Union Electrician Local #3, anxious to preserve the historic but deteriorating anchor with cooperation of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, brought the anchor to the National Maritime Historical Society headquarters in Peekskill, NY. ...more
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Volume I: The Age of Sail, 1492-1865
Volume II: The Era of Engines, 1865-Present
is an NMHS textbook project designed for use in maritime history classes as a means of stimulating student thought and active-in class participation. The textbook contains selections from primary source materials, documents, illustrations, photographs, and paintings in chronological arrangement ..more
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A centerpiece of the Maritime Education Initiative has been the series of Teacher's Institutes inaugurated in 1996 with the Support of the David M. Milton Trust. Our partnership with the Ocean Classroom Foundation provides educators with the knowledge and tools they need to inspire their students. This hands-on program features a live-aboard experience on the schooner, Westward, and is essential to developing a maritime history curriculum. ...more
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The National Maritime Historical Society is spearheading a project to create a replica of David Bushnell's 1776 Turtle built by students at Old Saybrook High School, Old Saybrook, CT, near where the original was built during the Revolutionary war as a naval weapon. This interdisciplinary project calls on teacher and student efforts from the from the history, math, science, and technology departments at Old Saybrook High School in creating the replica. ...more
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