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HMM News
September 4, 2014
This is a collection of news from 2009 - 2013 from the old website. Some links may be broken
Upcoming Events
Postponed: In this presentation, Ms. Katz and Dr. Rhode will talk about three of the most important episodes in pre-modern Indian maritime history.
Curator's Log
Curator’s Log: Captain Nat and the Herreshoff Biographies - Part Four: About Nat Himself by John Palmieri
July 2019 - Featuring the Herreshoff Classic Yacht Regatta, America's Cup Hall of Hame Inductees, and upcoming lectures.
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The Herreshoff Marine Museum has teamed up with
Fulcrum Speedworks to offer Fulcrum Flight School - UFO Foiling Clinics this summer at the museum for sailors ages 12 - 15 with previous dinghy sailing experience. Foiling is no longer just for highly-trained professionals on Moths and America's Cup yachts. Foiling is for everyone, including junior sailors, and the UFO is the ideal platform for learning how to foil. Fulcrum Speedworks, builders of the foiling UFO, will be offering a total of 4 clinic days this summer.
This summer 16 lucky kids are going to have the time of their lives! Is it going to be yours? Sign up today for the Fulcrum Flight School as part of the Herreshoff Summer Sailing Program.
Learn More at herreshoff.org/sailing/#ufo
Read our statement about how we plan on keeping our students and instructors safe during this summer season, here: herreshoff.org/sailing/#announcements
Today on Herreshoff.org/Lima/ - the surprisingly fascinating history of cyanotypes and blueprints! Same chemistry, drastically different effects. Both types show up across the Herreshoff archives in multiple museums. We’ve also shared tutorials on printing your own cyanotypes from your own photos at home! It’s actually WAY easier than you might have ever guessed, doesn’t require more than a few supplies, and would be an awesome quarantine project for kids and adults alike on a good sunny day. Photo credits tagged in images, head on over to the website to learn more... and find out which of these historic cyanotypes isn’t directly Herreshoff related! It might not be the one you’re guessing... #cyanotype #blueprint #trailer #1930s #1890s #historicphotos #earlyphotography #instantphotography #cyanblue #herreshoff #coquina #hmco #19thcenturyphotography #diycyanotype
Hi Herreshoff community! You’ve probably noticed we’ve been pretty quiet on here the last two weeks - well, it’s because we’ve been super busy behind the scenes getting the museum ready for visitors again! We’ve created a one-way route through the whole museum that is supported by an audio tour you can download to your own device ahead of time. Visitors will be limited and masks are required. Through July our hours will be Thursdays through Sundays, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, but feel free to call ahead if you’re concerned about capacity. We’re also still enrolling for summer sailing camp, which is also up and running again! For more questions on all of the above and to learn more about what we’re doing to keep you and our staff safe, head on over to the website (herreshoff.org), give us a call, or drop us a line at info@herreshoff.org ! #herreshoff #MuseumFromHome #HerreshoffFromHome #woodenboat #historicphoto #fromthearchives
Updates this week include mention of the Providence Drydock and Marine Railway company (image courtesy the Providence Journal archive, ca. 1910), a post from our steam launch replica crew, and a bit about ice and refrigeration onboard boats (can anyone guess what this MIT Museum collection drawing shows? Hint: the actual boat is in the collection and on display at HMM!) with a bonus ice cream recipe for our at-home-activity this week. Head over to the website to read all about it and explore some other great links! #HMCo #herreshoff #historicphoto #providencedrydock #nauticalarchaeology #workingwaterfront #providencehistory #HerreshoffFromHome #MuseumFromHome #industrialhistory #laborhistory
Coming to you on a rainy RI day with more content for those looking for a bit of an escape. Join us over on the website for a little Bristol history: RESOLUTE (HMCo. #725) and VANITIE during America’s Cup defender selection trials in 1920 (image from HMM’s photo archive), coverage of a launching and a terrible accident, a super rare photo from that same evening, which was HMCo. #499 COLUMBIA’s launching in 1899, and a macramé appreciation post highlighting America’s Cup crew-made artifacts in the HMM collection plus a little diy tutorial. Navigate to Herreshoff.org/Lima/ to learn more. #herreshoff #vanitie #resolute #AmericasCup #HerreshoffFromHome #MuseumFromHome #classicyacht #historicphotos #BristolPhoenix #cupracing #earlyphotography #nightphotography
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
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