Our year-long Third-Grade Local History Program, a partnership with the New London Public Schools and run by award-winning educator Jody Barthel, annually brings the City's 300 third grade students to visit up-to six local historic sites.
New London Maritime Society (NLMS) CUSTOM HOUSE MARITIME MUSEUM l 150 Bank Street l New London, Connecticut 06320 l 860-447-2501 l email
EXHIBITIONS
now on view
Bully for Woolies! Victorian Sailors' Stitchery +4: The Charles B. Moss Sr. & Paula Moss Collection Plus four pieces from a private collection through August 5,2018
AMISTAD: A True Story of Freedom
a permanent exhibition at the site of the original Amistad events of 1839.
from two private collections: Jay Kane and Ed Uditis.
The
museum's most important artifact may well be the building, itself. Built
in 1833 as New London's U.S Custom House and designed by architect Robert Mills,
it has been the museum's home since 1983. New London's Custom House opened in 1835. It is the longest continuously-operating custom house in the country.
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The Custom House Maritime Museum - your local, independent, community museum - open year-round - telling the stories of New London's waterfront!
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In 2013, the US Postal Service made a video about New London Harbor Light. See it HERE.
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New London Maritime Society -- nicely nautical
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Meetings, weddings, birthdays, retreats.
New London Maritime Society - open year-round
your local, independent, community museum,
telling the stories of New London's waterfront.
150 Bank Street, New London, CT 06320
Winter hours: January through March
Thursday-- Sunday, 1 to 5 PM
High-Season hours: April through December
Wednesday--Sunday, 1 to 5 PM
Contact: 860.447.2501 email $7 Admission
Free for NLMS members, children age 14 and younger, USCG cadets, active-duty military & their families
Library Digital Exhibits go Live! See them HERE
Left, U.S. Maritime Service Officers School at Fort Trumbull, 1939-1946 -- A documentary history of the U.S. Maritime Service Officers School at Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut
Mason Harald Hefel is back to workat Harbor Light.
We thank Superior Rental for sponsoring this effort!
We thank our Friends and Sponsors
John Steffian, Jr., the Maco Family Fund
The Chester Kitchings Family Foundation
At the Maritime Museum, you can discover the enormous effect that the maritime world has on our daily lives.
None of what we do at the Custom House would be possible without your support.
Please help with a donation.
Learn more HERE.
Bully for Woolies!
Victorian Sailors' Stitchery +4
Victorian Woolworks exhibition has been augmented and extended through August 5.
This exhibition celebrates a recent acquisition of 22 Victorian sailor embroideries or 'woolies' -- a recent gift from Charles B. Moss, Jr., to the New London Maritime Society, and the loan for four spectacular woolwork pieces from a private collection.
Like the more-familiar sailors' crafts of scrimshaw, knotting, ship models, and shell valentines, these embroidered paintings are anonymous works of folk art. Many have tremendous charm and depict scenes of ships at sea, lighthouses, patriotic symbols, and the distant shore.
MAKE MUSIC DAY us Wed. June 21
Join us at the Custom House
Leah Thomas, a classically-trained cellist whose passion is making music with others, specifically in large orchestral groups, will play live from 2:00 - 2:45 PM.
Patina, a string duo bringing antique tunes to life by welding together the sounds of lively bluegrass and classical elegance performs from 3 to 4 PM.
NEWS
Untold Tides: the Surprising Influence of the Tides in Human Affairs, with Mark Borton Thursdays, June 14 & 28, 6-7 PM
Tides are caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun, and affect everything on earth, not just the oceans.
NLMS member Mark Borton has been researching the influence of the tides for a decade and will present two illustrated talks on the causes and consequences of the tides.
Two Thursday early evenings -- 6-7 PM. Talk, wine & cheese, then we suggest you go have dinner in downtown New London! Tickets for youth ages 8-18 $8, NLMS members $10, $12. Learn more here:
This is the 5th in a series of new online exhibitions developed by the Frank L. McGuire Maritime Research Library. Above, Trumbullog, August 15, 1944
The work of the New London Maritime Society - Custom House Maritime Museum is made possible by generous grants from The Chester Kitchings Family Foundation, Community Development Bock Grants, National Endowment for the Humanities, the Connecticut Humanities Council, Dominion Foundation, the Bodenwein Public Benevolent Foundation, Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Community Foundation of Eastern CT, Veolia / New London Water Authority, & and by the work of dedicated volunteers, members & friends.
