MARITIME
Connecticut Sea Music Festival: 2024 Benefit Concert & Auction
Powder Mill Barn 32 South Maple Street, EnfieldEnjoy a concert of maritime music by local and regional musicians and shop for nautical items at the Live and Silent Auction to benefit the Festival. In the meantime, please gather any nautical items to donate (books, songbooks, cds, prints, jewelry, festival t-shirts, even instruments! Please note: You must take home your items that do not […]
Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea: Mystic
Mystic Seaport 75 Greenmanville Ave, MysticApril 20, 2024, through April 19, 2026 Stillman Building Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea is a new major exhibition centering maritime histories in Indigenous, African, and African-descended worldviews and experiences. Unraveling the threads of existing maritime narratives for the history of the Dawnland (New England), Indigenous dispossession, and racialized slavery, this exhibition is rooted in […]
“Whaling Logbooks: Records of a Maritime Industry”
Sterling Memorial Library 120 High Street, New HavenApril 29 through October 6, 2024 For nearly two centuries, the ports of New England were home to the “Yankee” whaling industry. The industry operated from ports such as Nantucket, New Bedford, Mystic, and New Haven. The exhibit centers on the Sterling Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Whaling Logs Collection. Logbooks were essential navigational tools, allowing […]
Polynesian Wayfinders AARP Webinar: Mystic Seaport
Virtual EventEmbark on a fascinating journey into the celestial navigation techniques of Polynesian Wayfinders. Brian Koehler from the Mystic Seaport Museum Treworgy Planetarium will guide you through the rich heritage of these skilled navigators, exploring how they harnessed the stars and other natural elements for their oceanic voyages. This special program, held on May 1, is […]
Curator’s Talk: “Whaling Logbooks: Records of a Maritime Industry”
Sterling Memorial Library 120 High Street, New HavenPlease join us to celebrate the opening of Whaling Logbooks: Records of a Maritime Industry, on view in the Sterling Library Exhibition Corridor from April 29 to October 6, 2024. Curator AJ Laird ’24 will provide a tour of this exciting exhibition and will be available for questions and conversation over light refreshments afterwards. No […]
Lecture: Steve Manuel: Whaling, Religion and Royalty: New London and Lahaina
Lyman Allyn Art Museum 625 Williams Street, New LondonThe Lyman Allyn Art Museum is pleased to partner with the Thames River Heritage Park to host their 2024 lecture series, Stories from the Park: Island Affairs of the Thames. New London, the “Whaling City” was the third largest whaling port in the country during the height of whaling in the United States and for a […]