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  • Dressed Ship: Gilded Age Yachting Apparel

    Lectures
    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States
    Virtual Event

    Explore Gilded Age yachting style in this illustrated talk on the fashions and dress codes that defined life aboard nineteenth-century yachts and steamships.

    $10 – $20

  • Teaching Strategy: The History of the Naval War College

    Lectures
    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States

    The Naval War College is often called the "Home of Thought" for the U.S. Navy. For 141 years, it has trained senior U.S. military officers to function at the highest levels of command. Many of the Navy’s most prominent admirals, including Chester Nimitz, Ernest J. King, and Raymond Spruance, credited their studies at the Naval […]

  • A Durable Picture: Coastal Portrait Studios in the 1800s

    Lectures
    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Explore the role of early portrait photography in shaping identity and memory in 19th-century New Bedford. This talk traces how studio photographers captured a city in transition—from the height of the whaling era through waves of immigration and technological change.

    $10 – $20

  • Saving Yachts, Saving Archives: The Burden of Caring

    Lectures
    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Dr. William Collier shares 30 years of yacht restorations, the founding of the Scottish Yachting Archives, and highlights artifacts spanning the Golden Age to today.

    $10 – $20

  • Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay

    Lectures
    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Discover Rhode Island’s forgotten history of machine gun battles on Narragansett Bay during Prohibition. Join historian Christian McBurney for a gripping look at his new book.

    $10 – $20

  • Introduction to Marlinspike Seamanship

    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States

    Join HMM curator, Evelyn Ansel for this Introduction to Marlinspike Seamanship for up to 12 participants at the Museum. This workshop is scheduled from 1:30pm-3:00pm and is for adults 18+.

    $60

  • Jersey Cats

    Lectures
    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States

    From workboats to racing legends, discover how Jersey Cats blended 19th-century innovation with timeless craftsmanship and fierce competition.

    $10 – $20

  • RESCHEDULED | In History’s Wake: The Last Trap Fishermen of Rhode Island

    Lectures
    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States

    Explore the work of documentary photographer Markham Starr as he chronicles Rhode Island’s last floating trap fishing companies. Through his images, Starr captures the innovation and traditions of a fading industry, offering a detailed look at a unique piece of New England's coastal heritage.

  • America’s Cup Deed of Gift: The Foundational Document of Yachting’s Greatest Contest

    Lectures
    Gallery 26 26 Burnside Street, Bristol, United States

    Join yachting historian Steven Tsuchiya at the Herreshoff Marine Museum to explore the founding of the America’s Cup and the visionaries behind it. Based on his new book, America’s Cup Deed of Gift and Related Documents, this lecture offers unique insights into the race’s history and foundational documents.

    $10 – $20