A Mast, Ye Matey: A Princess Carolina Update
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by Jules Mileski, Ariel McIntyre
8M ago
Hiya, it’s Jules and Ariel again with a Princess Carolina exclusive. You can learn so much more about the ship and our project by reading our previous blog Princess (Carolina) Protection Program, but we’re back today to give you a close up of the journey of one timber in particular: the mizzenmast. Photo: Jules (left) and Ariel (right) cleaning a portion of Princess Carolina’s mizzenmast. Photo by The Mariners’ Museum and Park. For a quick review, Princess Carolina is an 18th-century merchant ship whose timbers are now being documented, cleaned, and rehoused as part of our Bronze Door Society ..read more
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Making an Entrance: Conserving the Bronze Doors
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by Marimar Bracero Rodríguez
8M ago
Wepa! I’m back, and I hope you’re as excited as me about the second part of the Stuart and Cynthia Katz Bronze Sculpture Internship. In my first blog, I talked about our experience with the first outdoor bronze sculpture treated, Leifr Eiriksson, Son of Iceland. Now I want to talk about the past weeks working with the Bronze Doors and although it was the same process, the experience was completely different. In the next lines, I’m going to tell you how the process went, things we learned on the way, and how we used what we learned on these amazing doors. Conservation intern Marimar Bracero Rod ..read more
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BEYOND THE FRAME: Portrait of a Fisherman
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by Kyra Duffley
8M ago
(L-R) Fisherman, ca 1900-1925, Oil on Canvas. 1986.0039.000001; Fishermen in a Dory, ca 1875-1899, Oil on Board. 1986.0039.000002; Beached Boat Near Dock, 1876, Oil on Canvas. 1984.0047.000006; Twilight Fisherman’s Home: Scotland, ca 1910, Oil on Board 1986.0054.000002. Courtesy of Kyra Duffley/The Mariners’ Museum and Park.Proximity Proximity is an important and powerful, but often undervalued element in art. This can be something like the placement of two colors near one another, the arrangement of subjects in a work, or even the spacing of works from one another in a physical space. But thi ..read more
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The Gunda-low-down: Using Science to Examine River Boats
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by Harrison Biggs
8M ago
Howdy folks! My name is Harrison Biggs, and this summer I have the privilege of working in the Conservation Department at The Mariners’ Museum and Park as The Bronze Door Society’s Conservation Science Intern. For 10 weeks, I have been working closely with Dr. Molly McGath on a variety of analytical projects, as well as helping to monitor the desalination tanks in the Batten Conservation Complex Wet Lab.  One of the bigger projects I’ve been working on this summer is in partnership with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR). State Archaeological Conservator Katherine Ridgway ..read more
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Water in things, things in water: How to deal with waterlogged wood
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by Ariel McIntyre
8M ago
Ariel surface cleaning part of the capstan belonging to the merchant vessel Princess Carolina with a dental tool. The capstan is part of a pulley mechanism that would lift and lower heavy materials such as the anchor. Courtesy of The Mariners’ Museum and Park. Hello, my name is Ariel McIntyre, I am an intern aiding in the Princess Carolina relocation project 2023. My internship is generously funded through The Bronze Door Society. I am here to educate myself on the works of a conservator as I start out my career, and currently I seem to be specializing in waterlogged archaeological organic obj ..read more
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The documentation, cleaning, and relocation of a 300 year-old ship in pieces
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by Jules Mileski, Ariel McIntyre
8M ago
An Introduction to our Princess Carolina Protection Program: Howdy, my name is Jules (pictured below) and I’m one of the archaeological conservation interns for summer 2023. The possibility of interning at The Mariners’ Museum and Park caught my attention as a graduate student and young museum professional interested both in maritime heritage and conservation. Working on Princess Carolina is allowing me to continue broadening my collections background and expand my conservation knowledge at a scale I’ve never experienced before.  Summer conservation intern Jules cleaning timbers from Prin ..read more
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Adventures in outdoor bronze: Conserving Leifr Eiriksson’s statue
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by Marimar Bracero Rodríguez
9M ago
¡Hola! If you have visited The Mariners’ Museum and Park during the beginning of summer, maybe you noticed movement around the statue Leifr Eiriksson, Son of Iceland, especially someone in a vibrant orange hat – that was me! Conservation Intern Marimar Bracero Rodríguez conserving Leifr Eiriksson, Son of Iceland summer 2023. Photo courtesy of Amanda Shields/The Mariners’ Museum and Park. In May, the Conservation team welcomed a Puerto Rican to the crew for a new project.  My name is Marimar Bracero Rodríguez and I am working on the Stuart and Cynthia Katz Bronze Sculpture Internship, taki ..read more
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Around the World in Ten Watercraft
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by Jules Mileski
9M ago
Ahoy, I’m Jules! I’m one of the summer 2023 Bronze Door Society archaeological conservation interns here at The Mariners’ Museum and Park. While my primary project this summer is working on over 300 timbers from the 18th century merchant ship Princess Carolina, I’m using my free time to learn as much as possible about the rest of the Museum. On my first day at The Mariners’, I received a tour of the entire Museum from one of our docents, Drew. After hours of laughing, chatting, and learning through the exhibits, our tour concluded at the International Small Craft Center (ISCC).  Photo cou ..read more
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Big Bad Sulfur: Using Science to Find a Preventative Treatment
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by Lyndi Kiple
10M ago
One of the things I love most about museums is that they’re a place for everyone. Especially here at The Mariners’ Museum and Park, everyone can find something that grabs their interest, whether that’s nature, sailing, military history, art, science, or all of the above! Personally, I love science and history, and I love how I get to work with both in my role as a conservation science fellow. I have an educational background in chemistry, but I’ve always enjoyed visiting museums to explore history through objects. Now, it’s my personal mission to harness the power of science to protect and pre ..read more
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Every new ship captain deserves an attractive octant!
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by Jeanne Willoz-Egnor
10M ago
One of the biggest challenges museum curators and collectors regularly encounter is the loss of historical information, known as dissociation, of the objects in their collections. Unless someone takes the time to physically write down an object’s history and makes sure that information cannot be lost, then an artifact’s full history can never be known. When an object suffers from dissociation it is the role of curators, historians, or collectors, to try and rebuild some of its history using whatever information the artifact can provide. While preparing for an upcoming gallery installation, I b ..read more
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