Please join the National Maritime Historical Society in commemoration of 9/11 and the great boatlift of the day for a flotilla, light lunch, and blessing of the fleet on Friday, 10 September in New York Harbor. We are honored that passage aboard the Classic Harbor Line fleet is being offered for this grand event with a ticket donation of $50 or more per person.  100% of all ticket donations will benefit waterfront organizations, including the National Maritime Historical Society and Sea History magazine.

The boatlift of 9/11 was the largest water evacuation in history. Road, tunnel, and railway closures out of New York City stranded over half a million people in lower Manhattan following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.  The maritime community, including over 150 ferries, tugboats, merchant ships, private vessels, and NYPD and FDNY boats transported over 500,000 individuals from lower Manhattan across the harbor to safety—a rescue that was larger than even the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk.

To join us and assure that your donation directly benefits NMHS, book your tickets by clicking the NMHS Classic Harbor Line booking link .  Don’t delay—spots are limited and will fill up quickly on four vessels departing from either Battery Park City or Chelsea Piers in Manhattan.  

Vessels will board around noon and disembark around 2:30 pm (depending on the vessel).  Please see the booking link and details below for locations and exact times. 

The flotilla route will include a gathering south of Governor’s Island,  a pass by the Statue of Liberty, a procession and pass in front of the World Trade Center site, and it will then proceed past Manhattan’s Financial District.

 A light lunch, including sandwiches, water and soda, will be provided.  Guests are welcome to bring their own simple fare as well.

Join a day of community celebration of Lake Champlain on September 11! Choose your preferred way to connect with the lake such as paddling a canoe up river or exploring on nature trails, guided by field naturalists, educators, artists, and others, including the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Director of Education, Elizabeth Lee. Click here to sign up →

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) Store is pleased to announce that it is partnering with watercolorist Kelly Clause to present a one-day, one-woman Pop-Up Show & Sale of Kelly’s work on Saturday, September 4, 2021, from 11 am-5 pm on the museum’s picturesque patio overlooking the Harbor.

As a Santa Barbara native, Kelly’s images are unique and clearly demonstrate her spontaneity, style and whimsy. Spanning land, sea, and air, the artist’s work features cards, prints, paintings, and murals of all sizes. She depicts marine life—whales, turtles, fish, dolphins, lobsters and more—and plant life, including palms, kelp, and flowers. With  landscapes, seascapes, animals, and boats as subject matter, the exhibit has broad appeal  for all viewers. 

Following the September 4th show, Kelly’s work will be available for purchase at SBMM’s Museum Store.

Join us on the water again on September 4 with Project HOePpnEr to raise awareness about teen suicide, foster connection through rowing, and encourage communication and courage. This annual 2-mile row-a-thon across one of the narrowest points of Lake Champlain is open to all and NO experience is necessary for this amazing experience. Boats, life jackets, and an experienced coxswain will be provided for all participants. Click here for more information →

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is pleased to announce its Inaugural Girls in Ocean Science (GiOS) Conference to be held at the Museum. The event is scheduled for Saturday, September 11, 2021, from 9am-4pm. This hands-on conference will connect leading female scientists with thirty (30) high school students. Because women continue to be the minority in many fields of science, the conference and speakers will be encouraging these young women to consider pursuing science-based fields of study. The cost to attend the conference is $20 for SBMM members and $30 for non-members, but scholarships are available by completing an application at: https://sbmm.org/girls-in-ocean-science-scholarship-application-2/_.

The goal of the conference is to bring together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, to foster learning, inspiration and wonder, to provoke conversations that matter, and to build awareness around the broad array of career opportunities in Maritime and Marine Sciences. The students will spend the day conducting research in labs and at sea aboard the Double Dolphin with female experts who will share their lives, careers, and interests with local high-school students. Students can register online at: sbmm.org/girls-in-ocean-science-conference-2021/

For more information, see sbmm.org/santa-barbara-event/girls-in-ocean-science-conference/ or contact Lis Perry at lperry@sbmm.org or (805) 456-8741. 

Please join us on 11 September 2021, the twenty-year anniversary of 9/11, for a tribute to the great boatlift of the day and the role our maritime heritage community played in its success. We will screen the short documentary film Boatlift: An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience narrated by Tom Hanks, followed by a panel discussion on the largest water evacuation in maritime history.  Joining us for the panel discussion will be NMHS trustee emeritus RADM Richard Larrabee, USCG (Ret.), USCG Safety and Security Division Chief for Sector New York John Hillin, president of the New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Association Capt. Andrew McGovern, founder of the fireboat John J. Harvey Huntley Gill, and USCG-licensed marine engineer and author of Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift Jessica DuLong.  NMHS Seminar Series Steering Committee chairman Louis Liotti will moderate.

Pre-registration is required and appreciated. Seminars are free to attend, although we hope you will support the Seminar Series with a suggested $10 Seminar Guest donation.

WHAT: FREE Admission for Union Members
WHEN: Monday, September 6, 2021, 10am-5pm
WHERE: National Museum of the Great Lakes
1701 Front St., Toledo, OH 43605

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
The National Museum of the Great Lakes will open its doors FREE on Labor Day
(Monday, September 6) to all union members and union retirees.
“The museum recognizes the importance of honoring the American labor movement
and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of
the United States,” says the museum’s Executive Director Chris Gillcrist.
Labor Day is also the last day of the museum’s temporary exhibit Jim Hoffman: The
Photographic Life of Toledo’s Original Boatnerd and the final day of Freighter Golf—a
putt-putt hole-in-one challenge aboard the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum
Ship. Both the temporary exhibit and putt-putt challenge are included with museum
ship admission.
Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online at nmgl.org, however reservations are
not required. Proof of union membership will be requested upon arrival.

ADMISSION: FREE: Current & Retired Union Members (with proper identification)
$17.00 (Museum & Ship) / $11.00 (Museum Only) – Adults (18-64)
$16.00 (Museum & Ship) / $10.00 (Museum Only) – Seniors (65+)
$14.00 (Museum & Ship) / $8.00 (Museum Only) – Youth (6-17)
FREE – Children 5 and under, GLHS/NMGL Members

The Channel Islands Maritime Museum (CIMM) is happy to announce its first film showcase event “Home Waters: Coastal Communities and Maritime Traditions,” a selection of four short films. Through animation, cinema verite, and classic documentary formats, four directors take us across North America and Canada to explore coastal indigenous lifeways.

In “Now Is the Time” and “Homecoming: Journey to Limuw” we see the revival of ancestral Haida and Chumash traditions after the impact of colonization. In “Lake” we watch a group of Metis women net fishing. Finally, in “Nibiising,” we see the importance of caring for the places we call home. This showcase serves to show that Indigenous traditions continue to thrive today. The showcase will be followed by a panel discussion.
“Caring for our waters and maintaining strong relationships to place is not a thing of the past,” says CIMM Collections and Exhibitions Manager, Olivia Morris, who curated the film showcase. “If anything, it is even more relevant today as we face a wide variety of serious and challenging issues as they relate to The Ocean and environments we all share.”

 Home Waters will be presented on October 9, 2021, starting at 3:00 pm until 5:00 pm at the Channel Islands Maritime Museum located at 3900 Bluefin Circle in Oxnard. Tickets for the event will become available on August 20 through the Museum’s website at cimmvc.org. Ticket Prices will be $10.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, $5.00 for youths aged 6-17 years. Museum members receive discounted ticket pricing of $7.00.

This fall, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will present Whaling Captains of Color: America’s First Meritocracy, a virtual talk on diversity in the whaling industry. Scheduled for 3pm on Monday, Oct. 4, the presentation will feature author Skip Finley live via Zoom.  

New Bedford, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Eastern Long Island formed the Middle East of its day when whaling burgeoned, leaving magnificent homes as testimony to the money made from the industry. Whale wealth endures in the form of land trusts, roads, hotels, docks, businesses, homes, churches, and parks. Thousands of whales died during the 200-plus-year enterprise, with more than 2,700 ships built for chasing, killing, and processing them. Whaling was the first American industry to exhibit any diversity, and the proportion of men of color who participated was amazingly high. In the session, Finley will share stories of the lives of these men, as well as the research that informed his 2020 book. 

The cost to attend the virtual talk is $7.50, with a 20% discount offered to CBMM members and registration required to cbmm.org/whalingcaptains. 

Beginning on Oct. 5, and continuing on Tuesdays throughout the month, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will once again host a series of mixed level sunset yoga classes on its waterfront campus in St. Michaels, Md. 

In the recurring event, held from 5:30 – 6:30pm, Jenn Swaine, owner, and certified yoga instructor at Eastern Shore Yoga, will lead participants through a mixed level flow sunset yoga class on CBMM’s Navy Point. Participants are required to bring their own mats, props, and water. Rain dates are set for the following day each week. 

The cost to participate is $20 for a single session in either month, or $70 for the full series, with a 20% discount offered to CBMM members and registration required to cbmm.org/yoga.