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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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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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Sailors and Their Books

Blog Post: The rise of marine libraries and sailor literature

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Packages, Papers and Packets

Blog Post: The Unexpected Surprises of Art Donations

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Windows to the Past

Blog Post: Discover Brooklyn Waterfront History

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Hidden Gems: Glass Plate Negatives

Blog Post: Caring for the George P. Hall & Son Collection

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Brick by Brick

Blog Post: Examining a material that built New York

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Bowne & Co. Notecard Design Challenge

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The Writer and the Wrecking Ball

Blog Post: Architectural elements collected by Joseph Mitchell

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Naming New York Ferries

Blog Post: Looking at some NYC ferries and their namesakes.

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Archaeology in the Seaport

Blog Post: Digging into the past—literally

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Missives from the Past

Blog Post: Summer Interns review their experience in collections

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A Deep Dive for Wavertree

Blog Post: Randive, Inc.'s support the care of historic ships

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Arriving in the Port of New York

Blog Post: US Customs and ocean liner travelers

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Herman N. Schnittman Collection

Blog Post: An intern’s experience in the archive

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One Printing Press and Three Museums

Blog Post: Deaccessioning as an essential part of museum practice

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Curating Type at Bowne & Co.

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Milverton’s poop deck, ca. 1900

The Ship’s Compass and its Binnacle

Blog Post: An important navigation instrument and its “Little House”

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