S.H.I.P.'s Log at the Mississippi Shipbuilding and Maritime Center

Seafaring - Heritage - Innovation - Programming

The MSMC Hosts Listen Up! Conference

The Mississippi Shipbuilding and Maritime Center was thrilled to partner with the Mississippi Heritage Trust to host the Listen Up! Conference here in our building this past Thursday and Friday. The conference was SOLD OUT, and heard from MSMC partners like Tall Architects, as well as other historic preservation community members!

Above: Pascagoula Mayor Jay Willis welcomes guests to the conference

Below: Tall Architects presents on their great work building our exhibits in the historic Pascagoula high school building

MSMC Launches Summer Classes with the Rec Department!

We kicked off our June classes with the Pascagoula Recreation Department this past week! Over 40 children learned about mapmaking and made treasure maps! As you can see above, some kids even "distressed" their maps to make them look older and well worn!

One of our 12 year old students drew the below treasure map. He said he likes to draw maps at home as a hobby, so he was right at home expressing his creativity here at the Center!

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Executive Director Attends Governor's Luncheon

Our president, Lorren West, attended a governor's luncheon with Governor Tate Reeves this past week at Brady's Steaks and Seafood. The topic was Mississippi's Educational K-12 Achievements!

A Visit from the MDAH!

A group of museum professionals from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History made a visit to the MSMC on Wednesday to discuss future plans for the Center moving forward! They were impressed with our now COMPLETED exhibit arena, and we were excited to have them stop by!

World Ocean Day was June 8, 2023!

You can read more about World Ocean Day here!

Show our coastlines some love and celebrate our ocean!

Picture taken by Dick Dixon, a friend of the Maritime Center!

Mr. Dixon writes: "Over a period of years, Doug Jackson built S/V Seeker in Tulsa, OK and navigated her down the river systems to the Gulf of Mexico. Touted as "The Boat the Internet Built", you can tune in to their YouTube Channel to watch the boat being built. People from all over the country and world joined in to lend a hand during its construction. Seeker is a Chinese junk design.

Seeker is currently anchored in Big Lagoon near Pensacola Pass. I took this photograph last week as I was crossing the lagoon to an anchorage at the eastern edge."

Ahoy! Volunteers Needed!

We are looking for volunteers to help out with events, education programs, collections, and more!

Please email msmmuseum@gmail.com if you are interested in joining our crew!!

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