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January 2019
23rd Annual Moby-Dick Marathon
This event includes a pre-marathon dinner and an illustrated discussion “Gender and the Man’s World of Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville Scholar Jennifer Baker (5:30 - 9pm Friday); Stump the Scholars with Melville Society Project members (10am - 1pm Saturday); Children’s Moby-Dick Marathon in which kids of all ages can read a section of an abridged version by Classic Starts (10am Saturday);the 4th Annual Portuguese Mini-Marathon, a reading of Tiago Patricio’s abridged version in Portuguese (3pm Saturday); and The Main Attraction,…
Find out more »Seal-Spotting & Birding Cruise
This invigorating 2.5-hour cruise aboard the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk’s hybrid-electric research vessel Spirit of the Sound™, seeks out the harbor seals and gray seals that migrate down into Long Island Sound each winter. Aquarium educators will point out these federally protected marine mammals and talk about their natural histories. These cruises also give birders unique “on-the-water” access to see and photograph visiting winter waterfowl such as buffleheads, mergansers, Brant geese and long-tailed ducks.Binoculars will be provided.…
Find out more »The Doxsee Legacy: Growing Up in a Fishing and Clamming Family
In this Long Island Maritime Museum Winter Lecture Series presentation,Bob Doxsee, Jr. will discuss his experiences living in Freeport and Point Lookout and being taught by his father how to fish, harvest clams and operate a fishing boat, as well as the fishing and clamming industries on long Island in times past.
Find out more »February 2019
Building a Gil Smith Cat Boat
In this Long Island Maritime Museum Winter Lecture Series presentation, shipwright Martin Sievers will discuss the construction of the 22-foot cat boat Gene K, which began at the Long Island Maritime Museum’s Penney Boat Shop and was completed at the Folk Life Festival in Washington, DC.
Find out more »The History of the U.S. Coast Guard & U.S. Life Saving Service
In this Long Island Maritime Museum Winter Lecture Series presentation, BMC James Weber USCG (Ret) and David Lys, President of the Amagansett Life Saving Museum, will share stories of amazing rescues off the coast of New York by the heroes of the United States Life Saving Service and its successor, the United States Coast Guard.
Find out more »The Seals of Long Island
In this Long Island Maritime Museum Winter Lecture Series presentation, Dr. Artie Kopelman, co-founder and President of the Coastal Research & Education Society of Long Island (CRESLI) and SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, will introduce you, via photographs, to the subjects of his long term research project, some of whom have returned for 13 years in a row.
Find out more »March 2019
Heroines at the Helm
In honor of Women’s History Month, discover the fascinating and undertold experiences of courageous whaling wives. Enjoy an array of Victorian-era crafts, see a new exhibit, share your opinion on the voting wall, and dip a wax candle to take home.
Find out more »John Kerr and Carol Simons: Dreamers Before the Mast
In this Mystic Seaport Museum Adventure Series presentation, authors and historians Kerr & Simons will share the many adventures experienced aboard the topsail schooner Regina Maris, from carrying cargo, fishing, rescuing Jews fleeing the Nazi occupation of Denmark, sailing the worlds oceans, retracing Captain James Cook’s route of discovery, researching whales, serving as a floating classroom, and more. Call 860-572-5331 to purchase tickets.
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