Historical Interpreters: Seafaring Melodies

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  • Historical Interpreters: Seafaring Melodies
    • The Mariners' Museum and Park

      August 10, 2019; August 17, 2019; August 25, 2019, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

      100 Museum Drive
      Newport News, VA 23606
    • Phone: 757-596-2222
      Highway Exit: 258A from I-64
      Website: Click here to visit us online

Description

Take a journey back in time at The Mariners’ Museum and Park this summer as you meet sailors, cooks, signalman’s mates, and others in the galleries! Hear intriguing tales of maritime adventures from 17th through 20th Century costumed historical interpreters who will be roaming the galleries on select dates from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Explore life on USS Monitor or CSS Virginia, join in singing songs of the American Civil War and sea shanties, and examine the world of an 18th century ship’s surgeon, just to name a few.

 

Enjoy learning about early navigation aboard a ship with costumed interpreter David Gardner, and listen to sea shanties and historic tunes played on a fiddle.