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9th Maritime Heritage Conference
The Maritime Nexus: Re-connecting Landsmen with Their Seagoing Heritage
15-19 September

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SAVE THE DATE!
Wednesday evening
13 October 2010
NMHS's Annual Awards Dinner
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2011 Art of the Sea Calendar is now available in our Ships's Store: Our bestselling item is back! Featuring paintings by renowned marine artists Don Demers, Russ Kramer, John Stobart and more! Includes artists' bios and background on the featured vessels  ...more

 

Caribbean Delights
Join NMHS trustees, president and fellow members  for a luxurious Caribbean cruise aboard the great ocean liner Queen Mary 2®  for a great 11-day trip to the Caribbean ...more

   

FEATURED MARITIME EVENTS:
Tous les Bateux du Monde (All the Boats of the World) through 19 September Musée National de la Marine, Paris, France. François-Edmond Pâris' legacy - the result of a lifetime's work - constitutes this unique exhibition, a treasure of naval ethnography. www.musee-marine.fr

Falmouth Week and the Falmouth Classics Event  7 - 15 August, Falmouth Town, Cornwall, UK. Six days of competitive racing for keelboats, traditional craft and dinghies in the waters of Falmouth Bay. Activity on the water is matched by a lively Shoreside program of daytime and evening entertainment, culminating in a magnificent firework display over the Harbour. With a Grand Prize Giving party in the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club at the end of the Week. www.falmouthweek.co.uk

Great Lakes United TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® 2010  12 - 15 August: The Baylake Bank Tall Ship Festival, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Featured vessels include Pride of Baltimore II, Unicorn, Lynx, the pilot schooner Roseway, the square-rigged sailing ship HMS Bounty, schooner Amistad, War of 1812 brig Niagara, schooner Appledore IV, sloop Friends Good Will, bark Europa, and former lightship Roald Amundsen. Also visit www. tallshipgreenbay.com for more information.

For more details on these and other events, visit our MARITIME EVENTS CALENDAR

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The Tall Ships Are Coming to the Great Lakes!

As part of the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® 2010 race series, American Sail Training Association and Great Lakes United are championing two important initiatives this summer: water conservation education and youth sail training! For more information, visit Great Lakes United's website at www.glu.org and ASTA's website at www.sailtraining.org

Featured Links:
Naval History Blog  The U.S. Naval Institute and the Naval History and Heritage Command have created a conversation site for academic historians and history enthusiasts. Visit the blog at www.navalhistory.org or www.usni.org

American Sail Training Association's website hosts The Billet Bank, a service for matching professional sail trainers with open positions aboard ASTA member vessels.

Student Opportunities through the NOAA Office of Education providing information on scholarships, internships, and fellowships through NOAA.

Maritime Museums

Click Here for a state-by-state listing of some of America's best maritme museums

  

NMHS is an affiliate of
The Council of American Maritime Museums 


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