HMM & COVID-19: HOW YOU CAN HELP
Welcome to the Herreshoff Museum. We are currently closed due to the effects of Covid-19. Museum staff are still working remotely, however, and they’re cooking up all kinds of new ways to entertain you while you’re stuck at home. Check out the Code Flag Lima Project, and please do what you can to help us keep this stuff going by subscribing, renewing, joining or donating today. For as long as Lima is flying, we hope you remain safe and healthy, and we look forward to happier times ahead with friends both on and off the water.
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Video: “In Contact with the Enemy: The Nazi Spy and U.S. Navy Lieutenant John F. Kennedy” A presentation by David Kohnen, Ph.D.
David Kohnen earned the PhD with the Laughton Professor of Naval History in the War Studies Department at the University of London
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THE HERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM / AMERICA'S CUP HALL OF FAME is dedicated to the education and inspiration of the public through presentations of the history and innovative work of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company and the America's Cup competition. The Museum, bordering beautiful Narragansett Bay, in Bristol, Rhode Island, is one of the nation's most important historic maritime treasures.
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March 11, 2020
The Induction Ceremony is scheduled to take place at the INEOS Team UK base in Portsmouth, England, on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.
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The Curator's Log
This is the third of a multi-part series on Captain Nat’s subsequent efforts to correct and add to the published biographies of himself and his two older brothers.
August 15, 2019
This is the second of a multi-part series on Captain Nat Herreshoff’s (1848-1938) efforts, starting in 1926 and extending into the early 1930s, to correct and add to the published biographies of himself and his two older brothers, James Brown Herreshoff (1834-1930) and John Brown Herreshoff (1841-1915).
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Hello Herreshoff people! Today’s Code Flag Lima content is all about the little boats. Link in bio to see more about building your own 10 ft. (paper) Herreshoff skiff from the original drawings, camp cruising on the Riviera, mongrel dories, trending Rob Roy canoes and more. Tag us in all your #HerreshoffFromHome projects! Link in bio! #paperskiff #riviera #robroycanoe #MuseumFromHome #herreshoff #10ftskiff
Link in bio for another installment of the Lima Project from HMM! This time, join us as we explore New York from Erie Basin in Red Hook to Bryant Park in Manhattan in search of HMCo. #605 RELIANCE’s salvaged wheels. We’re thinking of everyone down there right now, and hoping a little history might help distract us all from the news for a few moments at least. This incredible image of RELIANCE in dry dock comes to us courtesy of the Library of Congress. So much detail! Can you spot the pram and the pipe? #1903 #AmericasCup #Reliance #MuseumFromHome #HMCo #Herreshoff #ErieBasin #RedHook #NYC #glassplatenegative #workingwaterfront #codeflaglima #quarantinecontent #HerreshoffFromHome
What does “The Wizard of Bristol” have to do with Boyd’s Wind Grist Mill in Middletown, RI? Link in bio for all the answers and another installment of #quarantinecontent ! Also we want to hear from you: South County, or Newport? Report back! (Second image courtesy Boyd’s National Historic Landmark application) #gristmill #windmill #historicsites #littlerhody #johnnycakes #herreshoff #wizardofbristol #codeflaglima #boydswindmill #HerreshoffFromHome
☝️link in bio to see today’s “This Week in Herreshoff History” post about this 86’ steamer named MARINA, HMCo. #105, launched on this day 136 (!) years ago - and, as always, some amazing Bristol Phoenix ads from 1879. You can also read about what our volunteers have been up to in Building 28, take a tour of our kids boatbuilding programs courtesy of Rhode Island PBS, and watch a lecture on RI shipwrecks. If that’s not enough, you’ll also find a couple podcasts and projects to take your mind off things. Join us! #MuseumFromHome #herreshoff #barringtonoysters #steamyacht #HerreshoffFromHome
Hello Herreshoff community members. We hope you are all staying safe and taking care of one another during this strange time. We wanted to offer you a few more digital distractions of the maritime (and specifically HMCo. !) type, so we’re sending out a twice weekly email with some extra content to help you keep your spirits up. Swipe for a preview, follow link in bio ☝️☝️to learn more! #MuseumFromHome #Herreshoff #onthisday #herreshoffhistory #codeflaglima #quarantinecontent
Print of the schooner ELEONORA #Repost @tylerfields_photography with @get_repost
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Check it out!
I donated a framed 13x19” print of the schooner ELEONORA to the @herreshoff Frostbite Bash Silent Auction taking place THIS SATURDAY - February 8th in Bristol, RI.
Tickets to the event include: gourmet food, an open bar, and live music.
Jump over to www.FrostbiteBash.com for tickets to the Best Party All Winter!
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