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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How the movement of military personnel, the crowding of factories for war-time production, rallies, parades and the Liberty Bond Campaign impacted HMCo. and Bristol in the influenza pandemic more than a hundred years ago
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.
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Hey Code Flag Lima followers! (Limurs?) We’re on to once weekly updates now, keep up with us over on the website for fresh content on Thursdays from here on out. Today we’ve some DEFENDER in dry dock (HMM photo archive/Bolles), torpedo boats on the go (image via Herreshoff.info) a massive pile of guano that doesn’t really have anything to do with the Herreshoffs except in name (you really do have to get on over to Herreshoff.org/Lima/ to figure that one out; image courtesy @nypl) and a metaphorical massive pile of guano - RESOLUTE’s dismasting in trials against VANITIE in 1920 (HMM historic photo archive/Levick). You know what to do! #herreshoff #guano #fertilizer #menhaden #defender #resolute #vanitie #AmericasCup #yacht #MuseumFromHome #HerreshoffFromHome
👉 Heeey Code Flag Lima people! An announcement today for those who are following along with the #quarantinecontent on our website too: we’re going to be updating just once a week on Thursdays from here on out! RI is beginning phase one of our slow and safe opening process, which means the Lima team is going to start going back in to do work behind the scenes with artifacts and exhibits and visitor programming, getting ready for that day when we can hopefully welcome you all back in person. But we’ll keep posting once a week, so keep following along! Here’s a taste of this weeks updates: the HMCo. machine shop in the 1890s, (check out that line shafting!!) some more COLONIA (HMCo. #435) and yes, instructions to make your very own DIY putt putt boat over on the website! (Please please do not slice your fingers off in the process. We don’t want to see photos of any stitches either, just videos of your speedy little dreamy steamboats when they’re all done and working perfectly). Images sources in order: HMM’s photo archive, the Bristol Phoenix archive, Historic New England Stebbins collection, and google patents! #HMCo #beltdriven #steampowered #historicphoto #historicshop #thewizardofbristol #HerreshoffFromHome #MuseumFromHome #largeformatphotography #glassplates #yacht #herreshoff #puttputtboat #poppopboat #steamboat #dreamboat
Back to our regularly scheduled #codeflaglima programming ! There’s a ton of other good material on the website today but we just love all this COLONIA stuff. Some details of an incredible Historic New England / Stebbins shot of her under sail, an awesome New York Times article (unusually for the times with lots of illustrations!) from the selection trials in 1893, some very snarky Bristol Phoenix coverage (#sorrynotsorry if you’re from Boston, #littleRhody pride), unusual shenanigans from Captain Nat, and more! There’s too much to describe here just go check it all out on the website. You know the drill. #herreshoff #americascup #selectionseries #colonia #corona #hmco #HerreshoffFromHome #MuseumFromHome #showboating #shenanigans #singlehanding #alerionII
We are taking bookings for Weddings and Special Events in Fall/Winter of 2020 and year-round in 2021 while keeping safety a top priority.
Guidance regarding gatherings in the Fall is still to be determined, however, it appears that gatherings of 50 or less MAY be possible. Our waterfront venue closes in early October, however, the Museum has a variety of unique indoor spaces that can accommodate groups from 25 up to 200 guests. Tables and chairs are always included, and later in the Fall and Winter, we use Industrial heaters located outside the building to keep your party toasty in the coldest of weather. Wedding ceremonies and photoshoots can be held outside on the waterfront pier, lawn, or next-door public park alongside the water (weather permitting). Located on the ground floor inside the Museum and fully handicap accessible, the Hall of Boats is the heart of the Herreshoff collection, and it is a special place to infuse your dinner or reception with a unique vibe. In this impressive space, your party will take place among more than a dozen spectacular antique wooden boats, all built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Many boats are on wheeled platforms that can be moved to accommodate and customize events of any size or configuration. We can host up to 125 people for a seated dinner or up to 250 for cocktails. A projection screen is available per your request.
Make your event truly memorable in the Hall of Boats at HMM.
Visit herreshoff.org/weddings to learn more.
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Today! Over on the website, read all about it, mostly America’s Cup themed stuff: DEFENDER (HMCo. #452) and her relationship to the Washington Monument (what’s the connection, any guesses??), some small town gossip in Bristol from the 1880s - look who makes a cameo! And finally a different kind of “AC” (ha, ha, we know) and the history of ventilation and refrigeration on cruise ships - something that is creepily, sadly, pretty relevant at the moment - from our friends and neighbors at the Steamship Historical Society. Check it all out and more over at herreshoff.org/Lima ! #HerreshoffFromHome #MuseumFromHome #herreshoff #yacht #AmericasCup #defender #HMCo #nyyc #kirbypaints #washingtonmonument #aluminum #AC
Code Flag Lima project alert! Installment 15 is up on the website. A little tenuous DORIS (HMCo. #625) connection (image courtesy the Stebbins collection from Historic New England), CONSTITUTION (HMCo. #551) launches, and plenty of #schooning : some stunning honest working Homer drawings from the Cooper Hewitt to inspire you, and a little KATOURA (HMCo. #722) at the end for good measure. Finally, not pictured, but the staff favorite this week is the recipe for #Switchel, which is as tasty as it is weird and makes for a fantastic mixer. 12/10 can recommend. Link in bio for all of the above, recipe included! #haymakerspunch #schooners #herreshoff #yachts #HMCo #MuseumFromHome #HerreshoffFromHome #Stebbins #WinslowHomer
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