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Explore rich articles and multimedia features about the Seaport Museum's collections and archives, current exhibitions, programs, and more! Be sure to check back each week as we expand the blog with more posts.

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  • Collections Chronicles
 

“Queer” Before “Queer”

Blog Post: Language, Clubs, and Hidden Histories in the Archival Collections

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It’s Electric!

Blog Post: Early Electricity in the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse

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Please Touch

Blog Post: A look into interactive pieces in Maritime City.

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Queen Mary is in the House!

Blog Post: Discover the preservation this monumental ship model

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Cursive Conundrums

Blog Post: Spotlight on Museum Archives Program Volunteers Helping with Transcription.

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Time Balls

Blog Post: Navigational devices, instruments for public dissemination of the correct time, or monuments to modernity?

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Spooktacular Discoveries

Blog Post: Haunting Highlights from the Seaport Museum’s Collections

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The Works on Paper of Robert Warner

Blog Post: Cataloging impressions of the New York art world

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Archival Detective Work

Blog Post: The research process for the Captain Frank Ley Collection

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Ripples of Change

Blog Post: 20th century Queer History in the Maritime World

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Put on a Pedestal

Blog Post: Mount making for museum collections

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Shining a Light on a Unique Public Artifact

Blog Post: Learn about the restoration of the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse

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Tools of the Trade

Blog Post: The steps of caring for the Museum's tools collection

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Maps, Charts, and Atlases

Blog Post: Comparing Five Favorites

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The Museum’s Memory

Blog Post: A case study in the institutional archive

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Flying Colors

Blog Post: Discover the Museum’s Flag Collection

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Wunderkammer Artificialia

Blog Post: A Museum Within A Museum Cataloguing Project

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White Glove Service? Not So Fast

Blog: Why handling rare books can mean the gloves come off

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Feeling Sea Sick

Blog Post: Maladies and Medicine on 19th Century Whaling Ships

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Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

Blog Post: Newspaper clippings now on the Collections Online Portal

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Looking Through the Archives

Blog Post: History and care of photographic slides.

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Rethinking Sailors’ Valentines

Blog Post: Rethinking and Investigating this Charming Craft

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Van Ryper Ship Models

Blog Post: The Models that Made the Models.

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Portrait of a Creek Tug

Blog Post: William Oscar Decker, built by the Russell Dry Dock Company

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Under Cover(s)

Blog Post: Examining bindings in the Rare Book Collection

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Coffee Houses of Old New York

Blog Post: How Coffee’s Global Influence Impacted America’s Foundations

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Celebrating Sail

Blog Post: Danmark’s visit and centuries of ship demonstrations

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Is it Thompson or Thomson?

Blog Post: The many names of 213-215 Water Street

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Three Stories on a Plate

Blog Post: An intern's analysis of the collection research process

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National Maritime Day

Blog Post: Celebrating America’s Maritime Innovations

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