Spiling Demo – Virtual Learning

Spiling Demo With tom Daniels Follow along with Tom Daniels, Shipwright at Mystic Seaport Museum as he demonstrates three various methods for spiling or “patterning” on the Bonny Bride, a Nova Scotia lobster boat.

Tool Sharpening, Part 2 – Virtual Learning

Tool Sharpening, Part 2 Join Museum shipwright Chris Sanders in the second installment of his virtual learning class and explore the fundamentals of sharpening different hand tools, including hand planes and chisels. In this video you will learn how to…

Antique Marine Engines – Behind the Scenes

Get a behind the scenes look at our antique engines collection with Scott Noseworthy, Engine Collections Curator at Mystic Seaport Museum. Take a look inside Watercraft Hall which houses our collection of over 300 marine engines, of which over 70…

Roann Guided Tour – Digital Museum

Roann: Eastern-Rig Dragger Roann is one of the last surviving examples of the fishing vessels that replaced sailing schooners like the Museum’s L.A. Dunton. The eastern-rig draggers originated in the 1920s. Join Walter Ansel, Senior Shipwright at the Museum as…