Telling time by lunar distances, the angle from the Sun to the Moon in the most common case, is an extension of one of the oldest methods of telling time: reading the phase of the Moon.

Join Chris Gasiorek, our vice president of Watercraft Preservation and Programs, for an impromptu tour of our watercraft collection.

An ongoing collaboration between the Museum and a community of educators. Working together, we aim to bring our treasures and resources out of the vault and into classrooms and homes across the country.

Relive all of the excitement of the 38th Voyage of the CHARLES W. MORGAN in 2014.

Explore the Museum’s Rosenfeld Collection of maritime photography, one of the largest in the country.

Find out what’s happening — and what happened in the past — in our Collections Research Center.