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The National Maritime Historical Society's mission is to preserve and perpetuate the maritime history of the United States and to invite all Americans to share in the challenging heritage of seafaring. We invite you to join the Society today! Click here to find out how.

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New from NMHS!
Voyages Vol. I & II

 
   

Online Exhibition

National Maritime Museum Cornwall has introduced a brand new online exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston achieving the first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Click here to visit the online exhibition that details Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's epic achievement. www.nmmc.co.uk

 
  

NMHS is an affiliate of
The Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM), an organization dedicated to preserving North America's maritime history. The 80+ CAMM members and affiliates include a multinational constiuuency of museums, museum professionals and scholars.

Going somewhere this summer?
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state-by-state listing of some of America's best maritme museums

   

How to Save the United States by Charles Anderson board member of the SS United States Conservancy.  In 1950 the US government and United States Lines built the fastest transAtlantic superliner in the world. Today, SS United States is up for sale and it will take another government-industry partnership to save her. You can help ...more

 

Charles Point Council Presents: Harbor Voices with Terry Walton 22 July, 6:30 PM Hendrick Hudson Free Library, Montrose, NY. Harbor Voices celebrates New York's working harbor within lively recent memory-the people, places, and vessels that make the city work.  ...more

 

 SAVE THE DATE! NMHS Annual Awards Dinner
On Wednesday, 14 October the National Maritime Historical Society will honor world-renowned yachtsman, media innovator and entrepreneur, Ted Turner and the "Heroes of the Hudson," the ferryboat captains who rescued the passengers and crew of Flight 1549.

 

 John M. Barber is renowned for his paintings of the Chesapeake Bay and its vanishing way of life. NMHS is proud to feature his works in our Ship's Store!

 
"Homeward Bound"
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JUNE -JULY HIGHLIGHTS:
From Pursuit to Preservation: The History of Human Interaction with Whales Opening 4 July New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA

"The John J. Harvey Fireboat"  9 July Waterfront Museum, Pier 44 Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 

 "Henry Hudson and his River" 16 July Waterfront Museum, Pier 44 Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 

"Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Launching and Restoration of the historic Hudson Sloop Clearwater " 23 July Waterfront Museum, Pier 44 Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY 

French and Indian War Re-enactment and Colonial Trade Fair 18-19 July Lighthouse Point, Ogdensburg NY

85th Annual Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival 24 July -2 August Grand Haven, MI

"Plans for Atlantic Basin and the Oil Tanker "Mary A. Whalen"  30 July

45th Annual Antique Boat Show and Auction 31 July - 2 August, Clayton, NY

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

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