Sunday Boat Stories: The replica KALMAR NYCKEL, the Tall Ship of Delaware, was built at the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation’s shipyard on Wilmington’s historic 7th Street Peninsula and launched into the Christina River in 1997, just 200 yards from where the original ship first landed in 1638. Today, KALMAR NYCKEL sails daily from April to November, covering over 2,400 nautical miles each year from Wilmington, Delaware, to ports along the Eastern Seaboard. With a dedicated crew of 250 volunteers and USCG-certified officers, including a captain, relief captain, first mate, and second mate/lead educator, the ship sails and delivers educational programs year-round. Currently, KALMAR NYCKEL is in the Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard after being hauled out for a month-long period of work. As a faithful replica of Peter Minuit’s flagship that founded New Sweden on the Delaware, KALMAR NYCKEL serves as a unique educational platform and a striking venue for various functions—a true sea-going ambassador for Delaware. . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #Sunday #Boat #Stories #KALMARNYCKEL #Maritime #History
Mystic Seaport Museum
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Mystic, Connecticut 3,016 followers
Mystic Seaport Museum is North America's leading maritime museum.
About us
Mystic Seaport Museum is the nation’s largest maritime museum. Founded in 1929 to gather and preserve the rapidly disappearing artifacts of America’s seafaring past, the Museum has grown to become a national center for research and education with the mission to inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience. The Museum’s grounds cover 19 acres on the Mystic River in Mystic, CT and include a recreated 19th century coastal village, a working shipyard, exhibit halls, and state-of-the-art artifact storage facilities. The Museum is home to more than 500 historic watercraft, including four National Historic Landmark vessels, most notably the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan, America’s oldest commercial ship still in existence. With a full-time staff of 150 that swells to 350 during the summer season, the Museum hosts over 250,000 visitors annually. Mystic Seaport employs a diverse staff of scholars, librarians, historic interpreters, educators, scientists, musicians, and skilled artisans. A stroll through the historic village transports visitors back to the mid-1800s where they can experience firsthand from staff historians, storytellers, musicians, and craftspeople just what life was like to earn one's living from the sea. In the Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard, they can watch shipwrights keeping the skills and techniques of traditional shipbuilding alive as they restore and maintain the Museum’s watercraft collection. The Museum’s 41,000 sq. ft. Collections Research Center (CRC) offers access to more than 2 million artifacts and is also home to the G.W. Blunt White Library, a 75,000-volume research library where scholars from around the world come to study America’s maritime history. For more than 80 years, visitors, students, and scholars have turned to Mystic Seaport to preserve and interpret America’s maritime experience. The Museum’s commitment to that mission is as strong as ever.
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http://www.mysticseaport.org
External link for Mystic Seaport Museum
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Mystic, Connecticut
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1929
- Specialties
- history, maritime history, art, maritime preservation, education, sailing, marina, summer camp, lectures, exhibits, shipyard, research, and museum
Locations
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75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, Connecticut 06355, US
Employees at Mystic Seaport Museum
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Sophia Matsas
Innovative, Creative, & Hands-On Marketing & Communications Executive
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Margaret Milnes
Board Trustee | Non Profit Executive | Mentor | Creator | Leader | Strategist | Partner
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Kathleen Foulke
Digital Projects Specialist at Mystic Seaport
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Dave Willis
Director of Information Technology at Mystic Seaport
Updates
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Mystic Seaport Museum has been awarded a $399,199 Implementation Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Public Programs to implement an exhibition-centered project exploring the arc of surfing history from its Indigenous origins to today through engaging exhibitions, publications, and related public programming. A heartfelt thank to the National Endowment for the Humanities. “Stoked! Surfing's Global Legacy” will debut in July 2025 in the Collins Gallery of the Thompson Exhibition Building. Thank you Senator Blumenthal for visiting this week to make the announcement as well as providing a letter of support along with Senator Murphy and Representative Joe Courtney. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eBRb-9aj . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #Stoked #NewExhibit #MysticSeaportMuseum #MaritimeHistory
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Tune in today, August 30, for the final episode of "Find Your Sea Story." This episode features Charlie Enright, Skipper of the 11th Hour Racing Team, the first American team to win The Ocean Race. Charlie shares his journey from childhood dinghy to high-performance ocean racing, now with sustainability and protection of the world's oceans at the core of his mission. Watch the video now here: https://lnkd.in/eEiMswk7 Wendy Schmidt . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #CharlieEnright #11thHourRacing #Sailing #Story #TheOceanRace
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Catch a special message from James Cameron about the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, on display at Mystic Seaport Museum! This submersible science platform, designed by the legendary explorer and filmmaker, took Cameron to the deepest known point in the ocean—the Challenger Deep, over 6.5 miles down in the Mariana Trench. Named after the HMS CHALLENGER, which first discovered this extreme depth in 1875, the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER is on loan from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and is currently featured on the Museum's Village Green. Don’t miss the chance to explore it yourself during our Deep Sea Quest event this weekend! . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #JamesCameron #DEEPSEACHALLENGER #Exhibit #DeepSeaQuest #MarianaTrench #OceanExploration #ExploreTheOcean #Submersible #MaritimeHistory
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Sunday Boat Stories: KITTIWAKE, also known as the Herreshoff Cabin Daysailer hull #678, is unlike other boats within this class. The defining feature is the double-planked hull that spans above the waterline. Vessels this size typically do not have this feature. Due to its unique qualities and story, KITTIWAKE will be featured in the Wells Boat Hall exhibit coming in fall 2025! To support this effort, please donate here: https://bit.ly/3SY16xr KITTIWAKE is accession number 1974.929 in the Mystic Seaport Museum American Watercraft Collection. . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #Maritime #History #Sunday #Boat #Stories #WellsBoatHall
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Tune in at noon on Friday, August 30, for the final episode of "Find Your Sea Story." This episode features Charlie Enright, Skipper of the 11th Hour Racing Team, the first American team to win The Ocean Race. Charlie shares his journey from childhood dinghy to high-performance ocean racing, now with sustainability and protection of the world's oceans at the core of his mission. Subscribe to our channel to catch this episode as soon as it’s released here: https://lnkd.in/eiBfhB9b Wendy Schmidt . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #CharlieEnright #11thHourRacing #Sailing #Story
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Thank you to Stars and Stripes for featuring Mystic Seaport Museum in your latest piece! Check out the article here to learn more about what makes Mystic Seaport Museum a must-visit destination: https://bit.ly/4duXviB
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Exciting news! The Connecticut NPR feature on Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea has gained national attention and was just aired on NPR's Morning Edition! 🌊 If you haven’t had a chance to listen yet, you can check it out here: https://n.pr/3YQtrtm
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Sunday Boat Stories: One of 70 built by Paul A. Ketcham, the Seaford Skiff provided recreational sailors with an inexpensive and lively racing experience. The Seaford Skiff includes freeboard space, moving mast, and centerboard aft modifications, differing from other skiffs. Due to the local historic significance, the Seaford Skiff has been selected to be in the Wells Boat Hall exhibit coming in Fall 2025! Donate here: https://bit.ly/3YHHr8V The Seaford Skiff is accession no. 1974.929 in the Mystic Seaport Museum American Watercraft Collection. . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #WellsBoatHall #Maritime #History
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Tune in at noon today, August 16, for the sixth episode of "Find Your Sea Story." This episode features David Standridge, Executive Chef at The Shipwright's Daughter in Mystic, Connecticut. Recognized as a James Beard Award winner for Best Chef, Northeast, in 2024, Chef David is a champion of sustainable fishing practices. He visits the Museum's Buckingham-Hall House to cook a historic oyster recipe as he shares his deep commitment to sustainability. Chef David continues to shape the culinary landscape with his unwavering pursuit of excellence and environmental stewardship. Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/eWevwDpA . . . . . #FindYourSeaStory #JamesBeardAward #BestChef #SustainableFishing #Oysters #DocuSeries