Author Archives: Sophia Matsas

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A Museum United Through Sewing

A Letter from Amanda Keenan Mystic Seaport Museum, Advancement Department Shortly before the quarantine began I started getting emails about sewing masks. I don’t sew as part of my job now at Mystic Seaport Museum since I work in the…

Gerda III with Howard Veisz

Mystic Seaport volunteer and researcher Howard Veisz speaks about Gerda III, a wooden work boat built in 1926 to re-supply offshore lighthouses along the Danish coast. During the Nazi occupation of Denmark in World War II, she took on another…

Tool Sharpening, Part 5: Shipwright Show & Tell

Virtual Learning In Part 5 of our Tool Sharpening series, watch as Shipwright, Chris Sanders takes us through a “show and tell” of the interesting and unusual tools used by shipwrights. Age Recommendation: High School – Adult