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Connect with Your Whaling Ancestors

Mystic Seaport Museum — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:54:14 +0000

Researchers, historians, and genealogy enthusiasts now have an expanded resource to explore the history of the whaling industry and the individuals who were part of the global enterprise, with recent additions to the Whaling History website (WhalingHistory.org), a joint project of Mystic Seaport Museum and the New Bedford Whaling Museum. The data presented combines many […]

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Website Connects People with Their Whaling Ancestors

Mystic Seaport Museum — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:45:10 +0000

Mystic, Conn. (March 7, 2022) – Researchers, historians, and genealogy enthusiasts now have an expanded resource to explore the history of the whaling industry and the individuals who were part of the global enterprise, with recent additions to the Whaling History website (WhalingHistory.org), a joint project of Mystic Seaport Museum and the New Bedford Whaling […]

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Museum to Honor William “Bill” Pinkney

Mystic Seaport Museum — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:29:46 +0000

Mystic Seaport Museum will present its 2022 America and the Sea Award to Captain William “Bill” Pinkney, former Mystic Seaport Museum trustee, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, sailor, educator, author, and adventurer. The prestigious award recognizes those individuals and organizations whose extraordinary achievements in the world of maritime exploration, competition, scholarship, and design best exemplify the […]

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Mystic Seaport Museum to Honor William Pinkney with the America and the Sea Award

Mystic Seaport Museum — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:18:20 +0000

Mystic, Conn. (February 22, 2022) — Mystic Seaport Museum will present its 2022 America and the Sea Award to Captain William “Bill” Pinkney, former Mystic Seaport Museum trustee, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman, sailor, educator, author, and adventurer. The prestigious award recognizes those individuals and organizations whose extraordinary achievements in the world of maritime exploration, competition, […]

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William “Bill” Pinkney: 2022

Mystic Seaport Museum — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:40:29 +0000

Mystic Seaport Museum recognized Capt. Bill Pinkney by awarding him the America and the Sea Award at a black-tie gala on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. To view a tribute video, award presentation, and an interview with Captain Pinkney conducted by 2013 America and the Sea Award recipient, […]

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Letters From the Colored Sailor’s Home in the Mid 19th Century

Mystic Seaport Museum — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:26:20 +0000

The G.W. Blunt White Library manuscript collection at Mystic Seaport Museum recently offered up an exciting find in the form of reports and correspondence relating to the Colored Sailors’ Home(s) run by the American Seamen’s Friend Society in the mid-19th century. As the name suggests, these were boarding houses specifically for sailors of color; the […]

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Museum Receives BlueFuture Grant

Mystic Seaport Museum — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:43:31 +0000

Mystic Seaport Museum is proud to announce that it is the recipient of a $2,000 grant from West Marine’s BlueFuture grant program. The program supports nonprofit organizations dedicated to getting more kids out on the water through boating, fishing, paddling, and marine science. The grants provide much-needed funds so that these valuable, community-based organizations can […]

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Mystic Seaport Museum Celebrates Black History Month

Mystic Seaport Museum — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:13:53 +0000

Mystic, Conn. (January 27, 2022) – In honor of Black History Month, Mystic Seaport Museum will introduce several programs celebrating important and often under-recognized figures that have changed the course of history. The programs are part of an ongoing initiative at the Museum to incorporate a more diverse range of voices in its programming and […]

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Museum Names New Vice President

Mystic Seaport Museum — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:57:04 +0000

The Museum is pleased the appointment of Kevin O’Leary as its Vice President of Business Development & Marketing, effective immediately. This newly created position reports to the Senior Vice President of Curatorial Affairs and provides direction and oversight to the Museum’s Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Communications, and Digital Content teams in support of the institution’s […]

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Mystic Seaport Museum Names Kevin O’Leary Vice President of Business Development & Marketing

Mystic Seaport Museum — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:50:08 +0000

Mystic, Conn. (January 19, 2022) – Mystic Seaport announces the appointment of Kevin O’Leary as its Vice President of Business Development & Marketing, effective immediately. This newly created position reports to the Senior Vice President of Curatorial Affairs and provides direction and oversight to the Museum’s Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Communications, and Digital Content teams […]

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