Sunday Boat Stories: KITTIWAKE, also known as the Herreshoff Cabin Daysailer hull #678, is unlike other boats within this class. The defining feature is the double-planked hull that spans above the waterline. Vessels this size typically do not have this feature. Due to its unique qualities and story, KITTIWAKE will be featured in the Wells Boat Hall exhibit coming in fall 2025! To support this effort, please donate here: https://bit.ly/3SY16xr KITTIWAKE is accession number 1974.929 in the Mystic Seaport Museum American Watercraft Collection. . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #Maritime #History #Sunday #Boat #Stories #WellsBoatHall
Mystic Seaport Museum
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Mystic, Connecticut 2,985 followers
Mystic Seaport Museum is North America's leading maritime museum.
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Mystic Seaport Museum is the nation’s largest maritime museum. Founded in 1929 to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America’s seafaring past, the Museum has grown to become a national center for research and education with the mission to inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience. The Museum’s grounds cover 19 acres on the Mystic River in Mystic, CT and include a recreated 19th century coastal village, a working shipyard, exhibit halls, and state-of-the-art artifact storage facilities. The Museum is home to more than 500 historic watercraft, including four National Historic Landmark vessels, most notably the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan, America’s oldest commercial ship still in existence. With a full-time staff of 150 that swells to 350 during the summer season, the Museum hosts over 250,000 visitors annually. Mystic Seaport employs a diverse staff of scholars, librarians, historic interpreters, educators, scientists, musicians, and skilled artisans. A stroll through the historic village transports visitors back to the mid-1800s where they can experience firsthand from staff historians, storytellers, musicians, and craftspeople just what life was like to earn one's living from the sea. In the Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard, they can watch shipwrights keeping the skills and techniques of traditional shipbuilding alive as they restore and maintain the Museum’s watercraft collection. The Museum’s 41,000 sq. ft. Collections Research Center (CRC) offers access to more than 2 million artifacts and is also home to the G.W. Blunt White Library, a 75,000-volume research library where scholars from around the world come to study America’s maritime history. For more than 80 years, visitors, students, and scholars have turned to Mystic Seaport to preserve and interpret America’s maritime experience. The Museum’s commitment to that mission is as strong as ever.
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http://www.mysticseaport.org
External link for Mystic Seaport Museum
- Industrie
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Größe des Unternehmens
- 51-200 Mitarbeiter
- Hauptsitz
- Mystic, Connecticut
- Typ
- Nonprofit
- Gegründet
- 1929
- Spezialitäten
- history, maritime history, art, maritime preservation, education, sailing, marina, summer camp, lectures, exhibits, shipyard, research, and museum
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Primäre
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, Connecticut 06355, US
Employees at Mystic Seaport Museum
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Sophia Matsas
Innovative, Creative, & Hands-On Marketing & Communications Executive
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Margaret Milnes
Board Trustee | Non Profit Executive | Mentor | Creator | Leader | Strategist | Partner
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Kathleen Foulke
Digital Projects Specialist at Mystic Seaport
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Dave Willis
Director of Information Technology at Mystic Seaport
Aktualisierungen
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Tune in at noon on Friday, August 30, for the final episode of "Find Your Sea Story." This episode features Charlie Enright, Skipper of the 11th Hour Racing Team, the first American team to win The Ocean Race. Charlie shares his journey from childhood dinghy to high-performance ocean racing, now with sustainability and protection of the world's oceans at the core of his mission. Subscribe to our channel to catch this episode as soon as it’s released here: https://lnkd.in/eiBfhB9b Wendy Schmidt . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #CharlieEnright #11thHourRacing #Sailing #Story
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Thank you to Stars and Stripes for featuring Mystic Seaport Museum in your latest piece! Check out the article here to learn more about what makes Mystic Seaport Museum a must-visit destination: https://bit.ly/4duXviB
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Exciting news! The Connecticut NPR feature on Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea has gained national attention and was just aired on NPR's Morning Edition! 🌊 If you haven’t had a chance to listen yet, you can check it out here: https://n.pr/3YQtrtm
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Sunday Boat Stories: One of 70 built by Paul A. Ketcham, the Seaford Skiff provided recreational sailors with an inexpensive and lively racing experience. The Seaford Skiff includes freeboard space, moving mast, and centerboard aft modifications, differing from other skiffs. Due to the local historic significance, the Seaford Skiff has been selected to be in the Wells Boat Hall exhibit coming in Fall 2025! Donate here: https://bit.ly/3YHHr8V The Seaford Skiff is accession no. 1974.929 in the Mystic Seaport Museum American Watercraft Collection. . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #WellsBoatHall #Maritime #History
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Tune in at noon today, August 16, for the sixth episode of "Find Your Sea Story." This episode features David Standridge, Executive Chef at The Shipwright's Daughter in Mystic, Connecticut. Recognized as a James Beard Award winner for Best Chef, Northeast, in 2024, Chef David is a champion of sustainable fishing practices. He visits the Museum's Buckingham-Hall House to cook a historic oyster recipe as he shares his deep commitment to sustainability. Chef David continues to shape the culinary landscape with his unwavering pursuit of excellence and environmental stewardship. Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/eWevwDpA . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #JamesBeardAward #BestChef #SustainableFishing #Oysters #DocuSeries
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Last night we had the pleasure of attending the statewide Manufacturing Ambassador event at Birdon Shipyard and Marina. Many thanks to Paul S. Lavoie, Connecticut’s Chief Manufacturing Officer, Anne Evans of Universal Strategies Limited, and the Birdon team for hosting. It was great to see over 100 companies, nonprofits, and press come together to celebrate marine manufacturing in Connecticut. The Museum’s shipyard and innovative efforts were front and center, and it was inspiring to see the opportunities this industry holds for the youth in our state.
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📸 A big thank you to the Westerly Sun for capturing some great photos of the restoration work on the Susan Constant here at the Museum! We appreciate your support in showcasing this important project. Check the photos out here: https://bit.ly/4fDY0Zl
PHOTOS: Some 'Constant' labor at Mystic Seaport
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Sunday Boat Stories: The Hickman Sea Sled Model 16 is not a conventional boat due to the inverted V-hull shape. The hull’s shape traps air and causes a lift and speed increase. This boat was primarily used on Schroon Lake in New York State for recreational purposes. The Hickman Sea Sled Model 16 is accession no. 1984.56 in the Mystic Seaport Museum American Watercraft Collection and has been selected to be in the Wells Boat Hall exhibit coming in Fall 2025! Donate to help support the new Wells Boat Hall: https://bit.ly/3YBGMG3 . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #Sunday #Boat #Stories #Support #Maritime #History
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Tune in at noon on Friday, August 16, for the sixth episode of "Find Your Sea Story." This episode features David Standridge, Executive Chef at the Shipwright’s Daughter in Mystic, Connecticut. Recognized as a James Beard Award winner for Best Chef, Northeast, in 2024, Standridge is a champion of sustainable fishing practices. He will share his deep commitment to sustainability as he continues to shape the culinary landscape with his unwavering pursuit of excellence and environmental stewardship. Don't forget to subscribe to our channel to catch every new episode as soon as it's released! Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/ebxz_ZHe . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #DocuSeries #SeaStory #Mystic #CT #Subscribe