![What the Aurora Borealis might look like in Connecticut](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Aurora-Borealis-300x184.jpg)
A Rare Chance to View the Aurora Borealis in Connecticut
You may have heard on the news that there is a possibility for the Northern Lights, or the Aurora Borealis, to be visible here in
![MSM Magazine Cover Fall/Winter 2020](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MSM-Magazine-Cover-Fall-Winter-2020-259x300.jpg)
Mystic Seaport Museum Magazine: Fall/Winter 2020
The Fall/Winter 2020 issue of the Museum’s magazine features articles on navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, the new figureheads exhibit, the restoration of the Friendship
![Peter J Armstrong. (Image Courtesy Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation)](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Peter-J-Armstrong_2020-1595_7x4h-300x200.jpg)
Museum Names Peter Armstrong President
Peter Armstrong (Image Courtesy Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation) Museum Appoints Christina Connett Brophy as Senior Vice President of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Director of Museum Galleries Peter
![From left: Museum president Steve White, America and the Sea Award honoree Tom Whidden, and Hall of Fame sailor Gary Jobson at the America and Sea Award gala at Mystic Seaport Museum on October 23, 2020.](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/770A8268-300x200.jpg)
Whidden Receives America and the Sea Award
Mystic Seaport Museum honored Hall of Fame sailor Thomas A. Whidden with the 2020 America and the Sea Award. The prestigious award recognizes those individuals
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Museum to Honor Tom Whidden
Mystic Seaport Museum will present its 2020 America and the Sea Award to Tom Whidden, one of the most applauded sailors of all time, member
![Conrad Gessner](https://mysticseaport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Gessler-233x300.jpg)
The Wild Sea Life of Conrad Gessner
The recently shared photograph of the hippocampus showing the new carousel piece that is currently exhibited in the Thompson Exhibition Building was accompanied by a