Etched Into Art: Scrimshaw at Mystic Seaport
Using crude tools, sailors etched designs into whale teeth, bones, and baleen to create intricate and often useful pieces of art.
The Arts
Bringing History to Life: Interpreters at Mystic Seaport
From vintage photography to the world’s last wooden whaleship,
The Discovery Barn: Sailing with Science at Mystic Seaport
Go ahead – sit on that display!
Thompson Exhibition Building: Inspired by the Sea
Its very shape mirrors the sea.
