LATEST NEWS
Jessica MacFarlane Appointed Executive Director of NMHS
The Board of Trustees of the National Maritime Historical Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica MacFarlane as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective 1 September 2022. Ms. MacFarlane has been a member of the NMHS leadership team…
Mayflower II in Mystic for the Winter
Plimoth Plantation’s Mayflower II, a 57-year-old replica of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to this continent, arrived in Mystic, CT, on Sunday, 14 December. Once the ship is settled in, Paul Haley of Capt. G.W. Full & Associates will…
Last Chance! CBMM Will be Closing Two Exhibits Soon
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has announced that it will be closing two exhibits: Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Bay Tugboats and Navigating Freedom: The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake. Both floors of the Steamboat Building, which currently…
Lafayette's Hermione Voyage 2015
In April 2015, a handcrafted replica of the Hermione, the 18th century frigate that brought the young Marquis de Lafayette with French troops back to General Washington, will set sail to the United States from Port des Barques, France—replicating a historic…
2014 10th Maritime Heritage Conference
The 10th Maritime Heritage Conference 17–21 September in Norfolk, Virginia, was a tremendous success. There is no substitute for the exchange of ideas among colleagues, the opportunity to hear about projects, successes and challenges of others in the many areas and…
Charles W. Morgan: Seminar with Matthew Stackpole 6 December 2014
Join the National Maritime Historical Society for “World’s Last Whaleship, Restored, Sails Again” with Charles W. Morgan Historian Matthew Stackpole Followed by the Annual NMHS Holiday Potluck Saturday, 6 December 2014 Coffee is at 10:30 am. Presentation begins at 11:00…
Liemba Documentary: Seminar with John Billingsley 15 November 2014
On Saturday, 15 November 2014 The National Maritime Historical Society was Honored to Present: Liemba: An Epic Voyage Down Lake Tanganyika Aboard Africa’s Oldest Steamship with Documentary Filmmaker John Billingsley On Saturday, 15 November producer and director John Billingsley presented…
