From the Vault
Curator’s Log posts, highlights from the collection, posts from guest researchers and other writing that takes you behind the scenes at the museum!
From the Vault: Dr. Seuss’s Navy
A research request leads to a surprise cameo and a pleasant distraction from business as usual
From the Vault: Extra, Extra! Local Coverage of the 1899 America’s Cup
Read all about it! Four pages of parades and parties from the Bristol Phoenix archives
From the Vault: A Prudence Island Clam Bake, Part II
Following up on last week's post about the origins of the Marconi rig on Herreshoff boats, we go crashing through the archives again for more answers
From the Vault: A Prudence Island Clam Bake, Part I
A very short article in the Bristol Phoenix leads us to consider a very specific moment in time (and spend a lot more time digging in the archives)
From the Vault: Engine Room Signal Gear
A spotlight on an exciting recent acquisition for the HMM artifact collection
The Curator’s Log: The 100th Anniversary of RESOLUTE’s Defense and the 13th Challenge (Part III)
Read Part Three in Curator Emeritus John Palmieri's three part series on the 13th Challenge, originally published in our Curator's Log in 2016.
The Curator’s Log: The 100th Anniversary of RESOLUTE’s Defense and the 13th Challenge (Part II)
The Trials of 1914
Curator’s Log: The 100th Anniversary of RESOLUTE’s Defense and the 13th Challenge (Part I)
Part One: Forming the Syndicates. Originally published in the HMM Curator's Log, September, 2015
HMM is Open! Read on for Covid-19 protocols
Read on for details about when and how you can visit, what we are doing to keep visitors safe, and opening hours
HMCo., Blueprints and Cyanotypes
From the technical to the creative, how was blueprinting and cyanotype technology employed in and around the shops at HMCo.?
Curator’s Log: Captain Nat and the Herreshoff Biographies (Part Four)
Curator’s Log: Captain Nat and the Herreshoff Biographies - Part Four: About Nat Himself by John Palmieri