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Collections Chronicles

Collections Chronicles

Articles about artifacts, works of art, archival materials, and other areas of interest surrounding the Museum's collection

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“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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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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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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