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“Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick” with Richard J. King
January 16, 2020 (6-8pm) Richard J. King speaks about his latest book with a book signing.
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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January 13, 2020
Join the party and enjoy full open bars and food tastings from a variety of top local restaurants and vendors. Dance the night away to live music in the historic Hall of Boats, bid on amazing items in the silent auction, and snap photos with your friends in the photo booth.
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The Curator’s Log
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).
July 15, 2019
Introducing “This Month in Herreshoff History” a new series featuring past events occurring in previous years of this month This Month in Herreshoff History- July 1915 The Obituary John Brown Herreshoff the President and Treasurer of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company died in the early morning hours of Tuesday July 20, 1915 in his home on […]
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8th Annual Frostbite Bash at Herreshoff! The Best Party All Winter: All You Can Eat | Open Bar | Live Music | Silent Auction | Raffle
Saturday, February 8th, 2020, 6:30 pm - 11 pm, Herreshoff Marine Museum | Hall of Boats
Join the party and enjoy full open bars and food tastings from a variety of top local restaurants and vendors. Dance the night away to live music in the historic Hall of Boats, bid on amazing items in the silent auction, and snap photos with your friends in the photo booth. It will be a night you're sure to remember! Get your tickets NOW before they are gone. This event has SOLD OUT for two years in a row, so get your tickets NOW before they are gone. Whether you're young or young at heart, this is an event you do not want to miss!
Tickets are available at the link in the description: www.frostbitebash.com/tickets
Advanced Tickets: $75 only until January 15th
General Admission: $90
Win the Trip of a Lifetime to Europe with the Frostbite Bash Raffle! $100 each | Only 200 available
You could win an all inclusive trip for two to one of three awesome European destinations. The winner can choose between Scandinavia, Portugal & Spain, or Macedonia & Greece, and you don't need to be present to win. Call the Museum at (401)396-5842 to buy a ticket. Visit frostbitebash.com/raffle for details.
Featuring Live Music by The Z-Boys
On this day 75 years ago (January 8, 1945), the very last HMCo. built boat was delivered for service. It was P661, a 63’ “Army Power Crash Boat,” designed to rescue pilots from downed and sinking planes and destined for the Pacific Theater. It was also the 100th of 100 WWII contracts and the 36th APC boat built at HMCo. It was launched in November of 1944 (pictured here) and marked the end of a period of incredible productivity for the yard during the war. Unfortunately, with no further government contracts lined up and no knowing how much longer the war would last, the Haffenreffers - HMCo.’s owners since 1924 - made the decision to drastically reduce the company’s operations and announced plans to begin dismantling the big shops on the waterfront and down at Walker’s Cove. HMCo. never returned to production after that. Photo by Tom Brightman, long-time HMCo. employee. #HMCo #100fightingships #WWIIshipyard #apc #crashboat #rescue #herreshoff #historicphoto #wartimeproduction #endofanera
Happy New Years everyone! Hope you’re enjoying the holidays and having a good winter break. HMCo. would be back to work already! - on this day 117 years ago the Buzzards Bay 31 ZARA (HMCo. #594) was launched. NGH reported that the day was “very fine and calm.” ZARA was the third of thirteen Bar Harbor 31’s built in 1902-1903, five of which are still known to exist. Plans and image courtesy of the @mitmuseum ! #barharbor31 #herreshoff #yacht #onedesign #woodenboat #otd #historicphotos #bristolri #tbt
Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of philanthropy. Support the Herreshoff Museum by making a donation today. Your donations are very important to us! Here are some examples of what your contribution can enable us to do: • For $100, we can add a coat of varnish to a Herreshoff 12½.
• $250 could cover the expenses of one of our lectures or provide a scholarship for a youth to participate in summer sailing camp.
• For $500, we could re-house and preserve fragile and important historical artifacts such as the private signals of NGH and JBH, an original crew cap from RELIANCE, or the original flag of Capt. Monsell, Sailing Master of America’s Cup J Boats ENTERPRISE (HMCo 1146), RAINBOW, (HMCo 1233), and RANGER.
• $1,000 could provide the annual maintenance of one of the sailing school Herreshoff 12½s or support the creation of a new exhibit about an untold Herreshoff story, such as their innovations in advanced propeller design that delivered more thrust with less weight.
Donate at the link the the description.
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Following up on our last festive post on this first snowy day of the season in Rhode Island: did you know that in addition to the new stock we carry, we have a really excellent collection of used maritime books for sale in the museum gift shop? Many are discards of second or third copies from our library, or duplicate donations, secondhand as reflected by condition. Extremely reasonable prices, some real classics and a few genuinely rare gems. We carry an inventory of a few hundred. More incentive to come visit us in person, as these titles are not available on our shop website! That said, if you see any here you’re *really* interested in, dm us for details... and maybe we’ll post selects on here more often if you all are interested - #maritimebooks #maritimeclassics #maritimehistory #rarebooks #howardchapelle #badmintonyachtinglibrary #americascup #lloydsregister #whaling #coastaltrade #seamanship #windjammers #royalyachtsquadron #ashleysbookofknots
The Holidays are almost here! Save 25% off EVERYTHING in store and online. Order before December 15th for delivery by Christmas Eve!
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