News Archives - Mystic Seaport Museum https://mysticseaport.org/category/news/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:44:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-MSP_Logo_100_White-32x32.png News Archives - Mystic Seaport Museum https://mysticseaport.org/category/news/ 32 32 Mystic Seaport Museum Named #2 Best Open-Air Museum by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Award for Second Year! https://mysticseaport.org/press-release/mystic-seaport-museum-named-2-best-open-air-museum-by-usa-todays-10best-readers-choice-award-for-second-year/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:27:14 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=379082 Mystic, Conn. (February 19, 2025) – Mystic Seaport Museum proudly announces its second-place position in the Best Open-Air Museum category of the 2025 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice awards out of twenty exceptional open-air museums featured in the competition. The top ten winners were officially announced on Wednesday, February 19.  “This acknowledgment of Mystic Seaport Museum by […]

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]]> Wintertide https://mysticseaport.org/news/wintertide/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:20:43 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=378980 Wintertide Returns Presidents’ Day Weekend at Mystic Seaport Museum: Three Days of Frosty Festivities the Entire Family Can Enjoy  Mystic, Conn. (January 15, 2025) – Mystic Seaport Museum is turning the tide on winter doldrums and adding a festive spirit to the season with the return of Wintertide February 15–17. The whole family will enjoy […]

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]]> Adventure Series returns to Mystic Seaport Museum in 2025: This year’s focus is Olympic Horizons https://mysticseaport.org/news/adventure-series-oympic-horizons-at-mystic-seaport-museum/ Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:13:28 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=378976 Mystic, Conn. (January 7, 2025) – Mystic Seaport Museum continues its Adventure Series, a captivating lecture series that has been inspiring audiences since 1946. The 2025 Adventure Series: Olympic Horizons features four engaging sessions that explore the connection between Olympic achievement and the broader world of adventure. Olympic athletes Dan Walsh and Maggie Shea will […]

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]]> MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM ANNOUNCES THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME STUDIES (AIMS) https://mysticseaport.org/press-release/aims/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:06:45 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=378560 Photo, Left to right: Debra Schmidt Bach, PhD; Leah Prescott, MLS; Michael P. Dyer, MA; Akeia de Barros Gomes, PhD; Elysa Engelman, PhD MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM ANNOUNCES THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME STUDIES LED BY AKEIA DE BARROS GOMES, PhD, THE WILLIAM E. COOK VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARITIME STUDIES; INITIATIVE UNITES MUSEUM’S RENOWNED HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS […]

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]]> Cole Brauer Named Recipient of America and the Sea Award at Mystic Seaport Museum  https://mysticseaport.org/news/cole-brauer-named-recipient-of-america-and-the-sea-award-at-mystic-seaport-museum/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:48:14 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=378280 Cole Brauer Named Recipient of America and the Sea Award at Mystic Seaport Museum  Mystic, Conn. (July 19, 2024) – Mystic Seaport Museum proudly announces Cole Brauer as the distinguished recipient of the America and the Sea Award for 2024. The prestigious annual award recognizes those individuals and organizations whose extraordinary achievements in the world of maritime exploration, competition, scholarship, […]

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]]> Mystic Seaport Museum is a founding partner of the Connecticut Blue Economy Coalition https://mysticseaport.org/news/ctblueeconomycoalition/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 21:01:47 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=378272 Mystic Seaport Museum is thrilled to announce the successful hosting of the official launch event for the Connecticut Blue Economy Coalition. As a founding partner and the largest American maritime museum, Mystic Seaport Museum is committed to fostering a sustainable economic future in maritime industries across Connecticut through the advancement of the blue economy.  The […]

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]]> 18th Annual International Sea Glass Festival https://mysticseaport.org/news/18th-annual-international-sea-glass-festival/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:56:28 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=378206 18th Annual International Sea Glass Festival  Saturday, July 27–Sunday, July 28  Mystic, CT — The 18th Annual International Sea Glass Festival, the premier sea and beach glass event in the country celebrating the history and beauty of genuine sea and beach glass, returns for a second year to Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut, on […]

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]]> Wells Boat Hall https://mysticseaport.org/news/378076/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:00:22 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=378076 MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM ANNOUNCES WELLS BOAT HALL, A $15 MILLION INITIATIVE TO CREATE A HOME FOR ITS ICONIC AMERICAN WATERCRAFT COLLECTION  New Wells Boat Hall to Be Unveiled in 2025, Pieter Nicholson Roos Appointed Curator, Generous Support Provided By Stan and Nancy Wells  Mystic, CT. [June 28, 2024] – Mystic Seaport Museum is pleased to announce the establishment of the […]

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]]> 2024 Artists in Residence https://mysticseaport.org/news/2024-artists-in-residence/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:54:27 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=378001 Artist-in-Residence Program at Mystic Seaport Museum, hosted in collaboration with the Center for American Marine Art Mystic Seaport Museum welcomes four artists in residence this summer. Visitors are invited to visit each artist to learn more about their unique techniques and processes as they work in Clift Block in the Seaport Village. Much of the […]

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]]> Sailors Ditty Box Returned to Antarctica for Historic Anniversary https://mysticseaport.org/news/sailors-ditty-box-returned-to-antarctica-for-historic-anniversary/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:06:17 +0000 https://mysticseaport.org/?p=377208 Two hundred and three years ago Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer, American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer sailed down to Marguerite Bay below the Antarctic Circle to discover what became known as Stonington Island, named after Palmer’s hometown of Stonington, Connecticut. The Island would eventually accommodate US and British Antarctic bases. This voyage was […]

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