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MAYFLOWER II Arrives

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date December 14, 2014

MAYFLOWER II begins to ease into her berth in the shipyard.

The historic ship Mayflower II arrived at Mystic Seaport today after being towed from Plymouth, Mass. She will undergo the first phase of a multi-year restoration in the Museum’s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard.

Restoration work will begin this month, honoring Mayflower II‘s original construction and using traditional methods with the goal of restoring the ship to her original state when she first arrived to Plymouth in 1957. Inspections in 2013 revealed that Mayflower II is in need of a major refit, which is normal for a 57-year-old wooden ship. Plimoth Plantation recently completed some major repairs to secure a safe condition for the ship to continue operations on the Plymouth waterfront. These efforts were the initial steps toward addressing the long-term restoration plan which will follow three phases: survey, document, and restore.

A comprehensive marine survey will be completed by Paul Haley of Capt. G.W. Full & Associates, the same firm that surveyed several vintage vessels including the Charles W. Morgan, the USS Constitution, and the USS Constellation. Stone and iron ballast will be completely removed for the first time since the ship’s construction to allow proper inspection of the bilge area. The scope and plan for this winter’s restoration work will largely be determined by the needs identified once the ship is out of the water and the ballast is removed.

Throughout the restoration the public will have the opportunity to view the ship during the Museum’s operating hours, and the plan is to permit people to board the ship on land beginning February 14, 2015.

If repairs go as planned, Mayflower II is expected to return to Plymouth in late May, 2015. The restoration of the 57-year-old wooden ship will be carried out over several years with the ship spending winter and spring at Mystic Seaport and returning to Plymouth each summer and fall. The project is scheduled for completion prior to 2020–the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival.

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MAYFLOWER II Arrives at Mystic Seaport

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date December 14, 2014

Mystic, Conn. (December 14, 2014)—The historic ship Mayflower II arrived at Mystic Seaport today after being towed from Plymouth, Mass. The journey was made so the ship could undergo a restoration in the Museum’s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard.

A comprehensive marine survey will be completed by Paul Haley of Capt. G.W. Full & Associates, the same firm that surveyed several vintage vessels including the Charles W. Morgan, the USS Constitution, and the USS Constellation. Stone and iron ballast will be completely removed for the first time since the ship’s construction to allow proper inspection of the bilge area. The scope and plan for this winter’s restoration work will largely be determined by the needs identified once the ship is out of the water and the ballast is removed.

If repairs go as planned, Mayflower II is expected to return to Plymouth in May, 2015. The restoration of the 57-year-old wooden ship will be carried out over several years with the ship spending winter and spring at Mystic Seaport and returning to Plymouth each summer and fall. The project is scheduled for completion prior to 2020–the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival.

About Mystic Seaport

Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929, the Museum is home to four National Historic Landmark vessels, including the Charles W. Morgan, America’s oldest commercial ship and the last wooden whaleship in the world. The Museum’s collection of more than two million artifacts includes more than 500 historic vessels and one of the largest collections of maritime photography in the country. Mystic Seaport is located one mile south of Exit 90 off I-95 in Mystic, CT. Admission is $24 for adults and $15 for children ages 6-17. Museum members and children 5 and under are admitted free. For more information, please visit https://mysticseaport.wpengine.com/ and follow Mystic Seaport on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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MAYFLOWER II to Arrive on Sunday

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date December 12, 2014

Mayflower II under sail, Photo courtesy Plimoth Plantation

The historic ship Mayflower II is scheduled to arrive at Mystic Seaport on Sunday, December 14, after 1 p.m. The ship is being towed from Plymouth, Mass. to Mystic Seaport, where she will undergo the first phase of a multi-year restoration in the Museum’s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard.

Mayflower II is a reproduction of the original Mayflower that transported the Pilgrims to Massachusetts in 1620. The new ship was built in the United Kingdom and sailed to the United States in 1957. She is owned by Plimoth Plantation. The restoration of the 57-year-old wooden ship will be carried out over several years with the ship spending winter and spring at Mystic Seaport and returning to Plymouth each summer and fall. The project is scheduled for completion prior to 2020–the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival.

Mayflower II is being towed to Mystic Seaport over the course of three days with overnight stops in New Bedford, Mass. on Friday and New London, Conn. on Saturday. The ship will arrive at the mouth of the Mystic River between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. and proceed upriver to Mystic Seaport on the afternoon high tide. The Mystic River portion of the journey is expected to take approximately an hour.

The ship is being towed by the tugboat Jaguar, which is equipped with an Automated Identification Signal (AIS) transmitter. Interested parties can track the vessels’ progress online on several free websites. Jaguar’s Maritime Mobile Service Identity number is 366934810.

The ship’s schedule is subject to change at any time due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

Once at the shipyard, work will be begin to prepare the ship to be hauled out of the water and undergo a survey to determine the scope of the restoration. The public will have the opportunity to view the ship during the Museum’s operating hours, and the plan is to permit people to board the ship on land beginning February 14, 2015.

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Mystic Seaport to Host Annual Community Carol Sing December 21

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date December 11, 2014

Free Admission with Donation of a Non-Perishable Food Item

Mystic, Conn. (December 11, 2014) – The annual Community Carol Sing at Mystic Seaport will be held Sunday, December 21. The Museum will be open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free with the donation of a non-perishable food item or cash donation. All contributions will be donated to and distributed by the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center.

The Mystic Seaport Carolers will perform a holiday concert in the Greenmanville Church at 2 p.m. The Carol Sing will commence at Anchor Circle at 3 p.m. led by choral director Jamie Spillane and backed by the Museum Carolers and a brass quartet.

The Treworgy Planetarium will present “The Star of Bethlehem” at 11 a.m., 1 and 2 p.m. The free program explores the winter skies, merging science, mythology, religious observance, winter traditions and music.

Additionally, visitors will have the opportunity to view the Mayflower II in the Museum’s shipyard, where she will be undergoing the first stages of an extensive restoration. The Plimoth Plantation ship will be at Mystic Seaport through the spring and will be open for visitors to board in the New Year.

For more information, visit mysticseaport.org/carolsing.

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Plimoth Plantation and Mystic Seaport Announce Collaborative Restoration of MAYFLOWER II

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date December 4, 2014

Restoration of Iconic Ship Essential for Historic 2020 Commemoration

Plymouth, MA (December 4, 2014)—Plimoth Plantation and Mystic Seaport, both acclaimed New England history museums, are pleased to announce a collaborative project to restore and repair Mayflower II, a full-scale reproduction ship owned by Plimoth Plantation. Work on the historic ship will take place at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport, adhering to The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Vessel Preservation Projects. A cohesive restoration plan will be established in conjunction with Plimoth Plantation’s Maritime Artisans Program, led by the museum’s newly-hired Associate Director for Maritime Preservation and Operations, Whit Perry. Mayflower II is scheduled to depart the Plymouth waterfront for Mystic Seaport sometime over the next several days depending on weather conditions.

Work will begin in December on a multi-year phased restoration plan, honoring the ship’s original construction and using traditional methods with the goal of restoring the ship to her original state when she first arrived to Plymouth in 1957. Inspections in 2013 revealed that Mayflower II is in need of a major refit, which is normal for a nearly 60-year-old wooden ship. Recently, Plimoth Plantation completed some major repairs to secure a safe condition for the ship to continue operations on the Plymouth waterfront. These efforts were the initial steps toward addressing the long-term restoration plan.

Upon the ship’s arrival at Mystic Seaport, the restoration plan will begin following three phases: survey, document, and restore. A comprehensive marine survey will be completed by Paul Haley of Capt. G.W. Full & Associates, the same firm that surveyed several vintage vessels including the Mystic Seaport flagship Charles W. Morgan, the USS Constitution, the USS Constellation, and many additional projects within the tall ship community. Stone and iron ballast will be completely removed for the first time since the ship’s construction nearly 60 years ago, to allow proper inspection of the bilge area. The scope and plan for this winter’s restoration work will largely be determined by the needs identified once the ship is out of the water and the ballast is removed.

Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading maritime museum with vast restoration experience and knowledge of historic wooden vessels. The Museum recently completed the restoration of its 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan, a National Historic Landmark vessel and America’s oldest commercial ship still afloat. The Morgan sailed on her historic 38th Voyage this past summer.

“Part of our mission at Mystic Seaport is to pass on the skills and techniques of traditional shipbuilding and historic preservation to the next generation, and projects such as this enable us to fulfill that goal while at the same time supporting an important member of the history museum community,” said Steve White, president of Mystic Seaport. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to help restore Mayflower II, so she can continue to tell the story of the Pilgrims and their brave journey to America.”

Mayflower II’s future vitality depends on continual preservation. The significant restoration of the 57-year-old wooden ship is scheduled for completion prior to 2020–the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival. The celebrated ship is a major exhibit of Plimoth Plantation and a leading tourism attraction in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, drawing millions of people from around the world to Plymouth’s historic waterfront to learn about the United States’ early Colonial history.

“Mystic Seaport is the clear choice for restoring Mayflower II. She will be in good hands with the Museum’s skilled craftspeople and shipwrights. The staff and boards of both museums share pride in this collaboration and profound respect for this treasured ship,” said Ellie Donovan, Plimoth Plantation’s executive director. “We greatly appreciate the enormous support for Mayflower II, especially from the Massachusetts State leadership for ensuring a major part of the funding for her restoration.”

Mayflower II will be available for visitors to view in the shipyard at Mystic Seaport, allowing Mayflower II to continue to educate and inspire the public throughout the restoration process. The shipyard is open to visitors during the Museum’s operating hours. If repairs go as planned, Mayflower II is expected to return to Plymouth in late May, 2015. Sourcing rare, large-dimensioned white oak, which is needed in wooden-ship construction, is not expected to be an issue during this round of repairs. Plimoth Plantation acquired approximately 2,500 board feet from Berea College in Kentucky, and an additional 2,500 board feet from another restoration project in Rhode Island.

Note to editors: photos of Mayflower II are available to download here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzXYg_DzI6-xb0o2T2JhQXF0WXM&usp=sharing. Photo credit: Plimoth Plantation

About Plimoth Plantation
Plimoth Plantation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization and a living museum dedicated to telling the history of Plymouth Colony from the perspective of both the Pilgrims and the Native Wampanoag people. Located less than an hour’s drive south of Boston in Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Exit 4, Route 3 south) and 15 minutes north of Cape Cod, the Museum is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week, from the third Saturday in March through the end of November 2014. Plimoth Plantation is a private, not-for-profit educational institution supported by admission fees, contributions, memberships, function sales and revenue from a variety of dining programs/services/special events and Museum Shops. Plimoth Plantation is a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate and receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, private foundations, corporations, and local businesses. For more information, visit www.plimoth.org.

About Mystic Seaport
Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929, the Museum is home to four National Historic Landmark vessels, including the Charles W. Morgan, America’s oldest commercial ship and the last wooden whaleship in the world. The Museum’s collection of more than two million artifacts includes more than 500 historic vessels and one of the largest collections of maritime photography in the country. The state-of-the-art Collections Research Center at Mystic Seaport provides scholars and researchers from around the world with access to the Museum’s renowned archives. Mystic Seaport is located one mile south of Exit 90 off I-95 in Mystic, CT. Admission is $24 for adults and $15 for children ages 6-17. Museum members and children 5 and under are admitted free. For more information, please visit https://mysticseaport.wpengine.com/ and follow Mystic Seaport on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Mystic Seaport Announces Collaborative Restoration of MAYFLOWER II

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date December 4, 2014

Mystic Seaport and Plimoth Plantation are pleased to announce a collaborative project to restore and repair Mayflower II, a full-scale reproduction ship owned by Plimoth Plantation. Work on the historic ship will take place at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport, adhering to The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Vessel Preservation Projects. A cohesive restoration plan will be established in conjunction with Plimoth Plantation’s Maritime Artisans Program, led by the museum’s newly-hired Associate Director for Maritime Preservation and Operations, Whit Perry. Mayflower II is scheduled to depart the Plymouth waterfront for Mystic Seaport sometime over the next several days depending on weather conditions.

Work will begin in December on a multi-year, phased restoration plan, honoring the ship’s original construction and using traditional methods with the goal of restoring the ship to her original state when she first arrived to Plymouth in 1957. Inspections in 2013 revealed that Mayflower II is in need of a major refit, which is normal for a nearly 60-year-old wooden ship. Recently, Plimoth Plantation completed some major repairs to secure a safe condition for the ship to continue operations on the Plymouth waterfront. These efforts were the initial steps toward addressing the long-term restoration plan.

Mayflower II at sea Photo courtesy Plimoth Plantation — *Mayflower II* at sea
Photo courtesy Plimoth Plantation

Upon the ship’s arrival at Mystic Seaport, the restoration plan will begin following three phases: survey, document, and restore. A comprehensive marine survey will be completed by Paul Haley of Capt. G.W. Full & Associates, the same firm that surveyed several vintage vessels including the Mystic Seaport flagship Charles W. Morgan, the USS Constitution, the USS Constellation, and many additional projects within the tall ship community. Stone and iron ballast will be completely removed for the first time since the ship’s construction nearly 60 years ago, to allow proper inspection of the bilge area. The scope and plan for this winter’s restoration work will largely be determined by the needs identified once the ship is out of the water and the ballast is removed.

Mayflower II’s future vitality depends on continual preservation. The significant restoration of the 57-year-old wooden ship is scheduled for completion prior to 2020–the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival. The celebrated ship is a major exhibit of Plimoth Plantation and a leading tourism attraction in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, drawing millions of people from around the world to Plymouth’s historic waterfront to learn about the United States’ early Colonial history.

Mayflower II will be available for visitors to view in the shipyard at Mystic Seaport, allowing the vessel to continue to educate and inspire the public throughout the restoration process. The shipyard is open to visitors during the Museum’s operating hours. If repairs go as planned, Mayflower II is expected to return to Plymouth in late May, 2015. Sourcing rare, large-dimensioned white oak, which is needed in wooden-ship construction, is not expected to be an issue during this round of repairs. Plimoth Plantation acquired approximately 2,500 board feet from Berea College in Kentucky, and an additional 2,500 board feet from another restoration project in Rhode Island.

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Town Commission Approves Permit for Gallery Quad

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date December 3, 2014

The proposed design of the 14,000 square-foot exhibit hall celebrates the craftsmanship of wooden ships. Image courtesy of Centerbrook Architects and Planners/Kent+Frost Landscape Architecture

The Stonington Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved Mystic Seaport’s plan to build a new exhibit hall and make numerous improvements to the grounds on the north end of the Museum. Construction is scheduled to begin early next year and be completed in the spring of 2016.

“This is a milestone in the history of Mystic Seaport as we re-position the Museum for the 21st century,” said Mystic Seaport President Steve White. “This project will transform what we can offer to the public in the scale and quality of our exhibits and how visitors experience the Museum.”

The new indoor space will create a better defined and connected winter visitor experience. Image courtesy of Centerbrook Architects and Planners/Kent+Frost Landscape Architecture — The new building will house an alternative entrance for visitors, a lobby, a retail shop, restrooms, and meeting and staff spaces. Image courtesy of Centerbrook Architects and Planners/Kent+Frost Landscape Architecture

The Gallery Quad, as it has come to be called, has been in the planning stages for more than a decade and is a comprehensive re-envisioning of the north end of the grounds. The project includes a 14,000 square-foot building just south of Latitude 41° Restaurant. The building will house a state-of-the-art, 5,000 square-foot exhibit hall and a new entrance and retail space.

In addition to the new building, the grounds around what is now Anchor Circle will be reconfigured as a quadrangle. The outdoor improvements are intended to create a better-defined celebration space for Mystic Seaport and community events, and to create better access to the existing galleries around the perimeter. It will also open up views of the Mystic River from Route 27 and present a more inviting entrance experience as people arrive into town.

The project will require the removal of 30,000 square feet of existing building space, including the Museum’s G.W. Blunt White Building, the North Boat Shed, and the former boiler house that houses the Benjamin F. Packard ship’s cabin exhibit. The Packard exhibit will be moved and reopened on the second floor of the Stillman Building.

Mystic Seaport will also make improvements to the Stillman Building and R.J. Schaefer Exhibit Hall to facilitate the installation of two new exhibitions. “Voyaging in the Wake of the Whalers” will open in the ground floor of the Stillman Building (replacing the current “Voyagers” exhibit) in late spring 2015. Using artifacts and artwork, along with compelling audio-visual elements and immersive displays, the exhibition will provide insight into America’s historic and contemporary relationship with whales and whaling. It will also tell the story of the 38th Voyage of the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan this past summer. “Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude,” a traveling exhibit from the United Kingdom’s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, will open in the R.J. Schaefer Exhibit Hall in September 2015. The exhibition tells the dramatic human story of John Harrison and his forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper for sailors, known today as the chronometer.

As part of the Museum’s commitment to environmental stewardship, the project infrastructure includes a comprehensive stormwater drainage system that will treat all runoff before it enters the Mystic River, as well as energy efficient geo-thermal heating and cooling for the new building.

Mystic Seaport will also carry out a traffic study around the north entrance on Route 27 as part of the town’s approval. The study will analyze usage patterns and propose any recommended improvements to promote pedestrian and vehicular safety and impacts on nearby residents.

The project is being designed by Centerbrook Architects and Planners of Centerbrook, Conn., who recently renovated the Ocean House in Watch Hill, R.I., and Kent + Frost Landscape Architecture of Mystic, Conn. Construction will be managed by A/Z Corporation of North Stonington, Conn.

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A Story of Giving

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date November 26, 2014

Young philanthropist Matthew Hamel and President Steve White aboard the Charles W. Morgan. — Young philanthropist Matthew Hamel and President Steve White aboard the *Charles W. Morgan*.

In January 2011, the Mystic Seaport Advancement office received an envelope with $8.25 and a short handwritten note that read, “To whom it may concern, this money goes to the Morgan ship. So they can fix it. It comes from my allowance. Sincerely, Matthew.”

Fast forward four years and four donations later, Matthew continues to give a portion of his allowance to support the Charles W. Morgan. This past September Matthew and his family were able to visit Mystic Seaport and get a first-hand look at the Morgan with a tour aboard from Museum President Steve White. This was the first time Steve had the opportunity to meet Matthew and his family, “I must say it was an unusual delight to have an opportunity to tour such a young donor around the Morgan and Mystic Seaport and explain the impact of his generosity. I think it is safe to say that he made stretch gifts in order to support a project that was important to him, now all of 13 years old!”

After the Hamel’s visit to the Museum, Matthew’s mother wrote with thanks, “Matthew said that the playground was still a favorite and that he liked watching the artists carving [the figureheads] the best on this trip. We stayed for a second day, during which we saw so very much and took our younger son on the ‘nautical instruments hunt’ and discovered so many fascinating new places within the Seaport. Matthew absorbs so much from a museum setting and Mystic Seaport is certainly a golden one.”

Matthew’s story is unique to Mystic Seaport and we are extremely lucky to have inspired his philanthropic interest at such a young age. After the Hamel family visit, Steve concluded, “It’s a great lesson of what family determines to be important, and just think, if there were many more Matthews in this world, museums like Mystic Seaport would never have to worry!”

#GivingTuesday

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Demonstrate your belief in the mission of Mystic Seaport by making a contribution on #GivingTuesday. Invite your friends and family to participate as well and help ensure our continued success. Your support ensures the ongoing care of our Museum and guarantees that future generations will be inspired by their experience at Mystic Seaport.

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Mystic Seaport Co-Publishes Burgess Biography

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date November 26, 2014

Mystic Seaport is pleased to announce the release of a definitive new biography of W. Starling Burgess, one of America’s preeminent yacht designers, by Llewellyn Howland III. Titled No Ordinary Being: W. Starling Burgess, Inventor, Naval Architect, Aviation Pioneer, and Master of American Design, the 472-page book was published by David R. Godine in association with the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Old Dartmouth Historical Society and Mystic Seaport.

About the Book

Few 20th-century Americans led a more creative, daring, eventful, and sometimes troubled life than that of the inventor, poet, aviation pioneer, naval architect, automotive engineer, and America’s Cup yacht designer W. Starling Burgess.

Born into a Boston family of wealth and privilege on Christmas Day, 1878, he was orphaned at the age of 12, received his first patent (for a recoil-operated machine gun) at the age of 19, and published his first (and only) book of poetry at the age of 24, following the suicide of his first (of five) wives in 1902. By his second wife, Burgess had three children, among them the celebrated creator of books for young readers, Tasha Tudor.

After beginning his professional career as a successful yacht designer, Burgess was the first to build and fly an airplane in New England in 1910, and the only one ever licensed to manufacture aircraft under Wright Brothers patents. He received the prestigious Collier Trophy “for the greatest progress in aviation” in 1915. His factories in Marblehead employed up to 800 men and built scores of military warplanes in World War I before the main factory burned to the ground in November 1918.

Returning to yacht design in 1921, Burgess devised a novel new rig for the sloop Vanitie—and very nearly beat the favored sloop Resolute in the America’s Cup trials. He then designed three fishing schooners in succession to compete against Canadian boats for the International Fishermen’s Trophy—and in 1924 introduced a revolutionary new staysail rig on the all but unbeatable schooner yacht Advance.

He designed the J Class sloop Enterprise, winner of the America’s Cup in 1930, and his J Class sloop Rainbow won the Cup in 1934, as did Ranger in 1937. In 1932 and 1933, Burgess and R. Buckminster Fuller were partners in the design and construction of the path-breaking Dymaxion automobile.

Afflicted by gastric ulcers and addicted to morphine for much of his adult life, Burgess finally found medical relief on the eve of World War II, and while working under military contract enjoyed some of his happiest and most productive years as a naval architect and inventor. He died of a heart attack at his home at Stephens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ in March 1947 at the age of 69.

A man of enormous charm, physical courage, and energy, Burgess was also, as his son Frederick lamented, “A child who will not face hard facts, but will hide from them and will love the person who shields him from them….” This tension in his personal and professional life had consequences both disturbing and tragic. But it was his genius as an artist and designer that makes this biography of Burgess so fascinating to read—and such a lively and exciting contribution to American sporting, entrepreneurial, and technological history.

Deeply researched, richly illustrated, and beautifully produced, No Ordinary Being will have a particular appeal to recreational sailors, students of early aviation, and lovers of the New England coast, Newport, Long Island Sound, the Chesapeake Bay, the waters of Florida and the West Indies.

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Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport Opens Holiday Fine Art Exhibition and Sale November 23

Post author By Mystic Seaport Museum
Post date November 21, 2014

Marine Artists in Winter Features Small Paintings by Top Maritime Artists

Mystic, Conn. (November 21, 2014)—The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport presents its annual winter exhibition Marine Artists in Winter, November 23, 2014 through April 19, 2015.

The invitational exhibition features 125 small paintings displayed and available for purchase – each no larger than 12 inches in height or width (excluding frame). The exhibition includes works with a maritime winter theme among others by 51 top Maritime Gallery artists, and features scenes of majestic ships, yachting and working boats, coastal landscapes, marshes, and marine wildlife.

Participating artists include David Bareford, Cindy Baron, William Hanson, Neal Hughes, Victor Mays, and Cean Youngs.
One of the most popular shows on the gallery’s annual schedule, the exhibition provides an opportunity for collectors to own original work by their favorite artists at affordable prices.

“Each painting is truly a small masterpiece created by some of the most respected maritime artists working today,” said Jeanne Potter, director of the Maritime Gallery. “Reasonably priced and beautifully framed, these paintings are perfect for holiday gift giving.”

The Gallery will host a public opening with an “Artist’s Walk” on Sunday, November 23 at 1:30 p.m. where some of the participating artists will be on hand to discuss their works in the show. Admission to the Artist’s Walk and the Gallery is free.

A special discount of five percent off the sale of all original art in the Maritime Gallery will be available for Mystic Seaport members (Gallery Patrons receive a 10 percent discount) through December 31.

For more information, visit mysticseaport.org/gallery or call 860.572.5388.

About the Maritime Gallery
The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport is the nation’s foremost gallery specializing in contemporary marine art and ship models. Through its parent organization, Mystic Seaport, the Gallery is proud to offer access to the world’s leading experts in the marine field, and the highest standards of scholarship, integrity and connoisseurship that the nation’s finest maritime museum represents. The Gallery is free to the public. Please visit mysticseaport.org/gallery for current hours.

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