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Mystic Seaport Museum Pumpkin Stencils

Halloween Happenings | Pumpkin Carving Weekend | October 24 – 25, 2020 We have LOTS of pumpkins to carve for our Jack-o-Lantern Walk and you can help! Pumpkin-carving will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. October 24 and 25. (Bring…

Simple Flower Wreath, DIY, Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Simple Flower Wreath: DIY Project

Step by Step: Simply Flower Wreath The significance of Memorial Day goes back to the years immediately following the American Civil War as the country grieved over the loss of nearly 625,000 lives and struggled to heal wounds that tore…

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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…

The Museum’s eastern-rig dragger ROANN, built in 1944, is one of the last surviving examples of the fishing vessels that replaced sailing schooners like the L.A. DUNTON. Draggers completed the revolutionary advance from sail to engine, and from hooks to nets, in New England fishing technology. ROANN is powered by a diesel engine and dragging a large conical fishnet called an otter trawl along the seabed. ROANN and her crew of three could catch cod and haddock twice as fast as dorymen from a vessel like the DUNTON.

Guess the Vessel At Mystic Seaport Museum

Did you guess right? In our “Guess the Vessel” game we will be sharing a blurred photo of one of our vessels on our social profiles, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. See how well you know the vessels at Mystic Seaport…