Category: News
Maritime Museums Get Creative with Virtual Resources
With a record number of people going online for information and entertainment, maritime museums the world over have gotten creative with providing resources to support and promote our seafaring heritage. The National Maritime Historical website has become an increasingly valuable…
The Howard Slotnick Leadership Fund: Celebrate Howard’s Legacy with a Gift
Match my Gift to the Howard Slotnick Leadership Fund In April 2020 with heavy hearts we shared the sad news that Howard Slotnick, our dear friend, shipmate, chairman emeritus, treasurer and trustee since 1976, had died on 31 March…
The National Maritime Historical Society Needs Your Support!
Make a Donation Join & Renew Get on our Email List Like so many maritime and other organizations throughout the world, the COVID-19 health crisis has had profound effects on the National Maritime Historical Society. As a long-established maritime organization…
Howard Slotnick (1930-2020)
Watch the Film The trustees and staff of the National Maritime Historical Society mourn the loss of their dear friend and shipmate Howard Slotnick. A trustee of the Society since 1976 and our treasurer and chairman emeritus, Howard…
In the Pages of Sea History 170
Here’s what’s in the pages of Sea History 170: National Maritime Awards Dinner and Washington Invitational Marine Art Exhibition The National Coast Guard Museum Association joins NMHS for the 2020 gala, where three invaluable American maritime institutions will be honored…
Seminar Series: Captain Ahab had a Wife with Lisa Norling 14 March 2020
This seminar has been cancelled. Due to social distancing recommendations with respect to COVID-19, this seminar has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule Dr. Norling’s presentation on Captain Ahab had a Wife at a later date. Whaling was a…
Seminar Series: The Eagle & the Dragon with Lewis McIntyre 22 February 2020
Watch the Seminar Recording >>Get the Book >> Register Here for the Seminar Welcome & Refreshments at 10:30 AM, Seminar at 11:00 AM; Casual Lunch to Follow Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, NY Join us for an…
Mayflower Sails 2020 – 400th Anniversary Commemorations
Whatever your particular interest, there is something for everyone in the story of the Mayflower crossing and the establishment of the Plymouth Colony (or rather, Plimoth) in what-is-now Massachusetts, 400 years ago this year. Plimoth Plantation is leading the way…
Fiddlers’ Green, Charles Robertson
The trustees and staff of the National Maritime Historical Society mourn the loss of Charles A. Robertson—their friend, former trustee and recipient of the 2016 NMHS Distinguished Service Award. Charles was a true friend of the maritime heritage and he…
In the Pages of Sea History 169
Here’s what’s in the pages of Sea History 169: A Century of the Jones Act, by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, PhD Maritime historian and former merchant mariner Salvatore Mercogliano tells the story of the straits the US was in when foreign-flagged…
Seminar Series: Seafaring Songs with Charlie Zahm 25 January 2020
Join us Saturday, 25 January 2020 for Seafaring Songs and Chanteys: Performance with Historian Singer Charlie Zahm Register Here for the Seminar Welcome & Refreshments at 10:30 AM, Performance at 11:00 AM; Casual Lunch to Follow Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185…
Seminar Series: Medicine in the Age of Sail with Ray Phillips 7 December 2019
Join us Saturday, 7 December, 2019 for Medicine in the Age of Sail: an Interactive Seminar with Dr. Raymond Phillips Register Here for the Lecture Welcome & Refreshments at 10:30 AM, Lecture at 11:00 AM; Potluck Lunch to Follow Cortlandt Yacht…
Seminar Series: U-Boat Assault with Ken Brown 2 November 2019
Join us Saturday, 2 November, 2019 for U-Boat Assault on America: Why the US was Unprepared for War in the Atlantic Seminar with Author Ken Brown Register Here for the Lecture Welcome & Refreshments at 10:30 AM, Lecture at 11:00 AM…
In the Pages of Sea History 168
Here’s what’s in the pages of Sea History 168: NMHS 2019 Annual Awards Dinner NMHS will once again fill the New York Yacht Club with maritime community fellowship this October, as we celebrate four exceptional individuals and their considerable contributions…
Seminar Series: Nathaniel Bowditch – Tamara Thornton 21 September 2019
Join us Saturday, 21 September for Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers: an Illustrated Presentation with Author Tamara Thornton Register Here for the Lecture Welcome & Refreshments at 10:30 AM, Lecture at 11:00 AM Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry…