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Students in the 2012 After School Boat Wooden Shop Mentorship Program work with a shipwright from the Bristol Boat Company.

The 2014 Classic Yacht Symposium
 
October 2013 Update; Your Opportunity to Participate in the CYS 2014 and Herreshoff Centennial Class Celebration 

 

An international group of talented authors are hard at work preparing papers for CYS 2014 on a range of new and interesting subjects. Meanwhile the Herreshoff Marine Museum/SNAME team is engaged in planning a full range of activities that have come to embody CYS.  Look for more information about CYS 2014 on this site in the coming months.

 

Today we want to share with you an exciting opportunity to participate in the 2014 Herreshoff Centennial Celebration.   

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The Herreshoff Marine Museum has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Collector's Foundation 
 

The money will be used to support the Museum's after school mentorship program. This program has the dual purpose of teaching young students the skills needed to maintain classic wooden sailboats while at the same time helps to maintain the classic boats we use in our summer sailing program. Classes will be taught by a professional shipwright supported by a cadre of experienced volunteers.

 

The "Collectors Foundation" is an educational grant-making organization founded by Hagerty Insurance and funded by collector vehicle and classic boat enthusiasts to serve youth development and long term interests of the collector vehicle and boat communities.  More information can be found on its website:   www.collectorsfoundation.org

 
Advertising the Herreshoff Way 
The Curator's Log - October 2013
 
One of the business principles agreed to by the brothers when they established the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. (HMCo) partnership in 1878 was to do no advertising; rather let their products advertise themselves. This was not a new strategy as John Brown Herreshoff (JB) had followed the practice of limiting print advertising to business card text since his boatbuilding beginnings in March 1863.(i)

(i) The one exception to this is the advertising of the coil boiler

 

 
* W I S H   L I S T *

We are in need of some new technology to aid our growing cadre of interns and to improve our visitor experience.  We are looking for the following:

~Laptops

~A Flat Screen TV (for use in the Museum's video room) 32" minimum or 48" maximum

~A Window AC Unit

~A Full length, self standing, mirror

~A Heavy Duty Table Saw

If you have an item to donate please contact Larry Lavers
Thank you for your generosity and help!
 
It's a busy fall!
 
 Check out these upcoming events from Roger Williams University:
 
October 20

 

RWU Alive! Arts Series: Issa Coulibaly and Didakan

 

October 21

Surveillance and Civil Liberties: A Talk with Shayana Kadidal, Esq.

   

October 22

RWU Talking in the Library with Author Hester Kaplan

 

October 24

Modern Slavery in New England

   

October 25-26

RWU Stage Company One Act Festival

 

 

 

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Registration is Now Open!
 
The After School Wooden Boat Shop Program

Students will be exposed to the history and concepts of traditional boats from the Museum's own collection, and then learn the basics of wooden boat restoration alongside highly trained professionals in a working boat shop environment.

   Space is limited.  
Register now!

Visit our website for more information 

or contact Larry Lavers to register

 


Education Challenge Report

 

We told you about our Educational Challenge, a dollar for dollar match by a generous anonymous donor up to a total of $50,000 for contributions to our education programs.  

 

We are almost there but really need your help to push us over the top 

 

Please help us with this vital effort to ensure that our sailing school, mentorship program, school field trips and educational exhibits achieve their full potential in the coming year.  You can make a tax deductible contribution online now at the Museum's website:

 

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Boats for Sale

We currently have a Herreshoff 12 � and a skiff for sale.  

 

For more information on these boats please contact the Museum: 401.253.5000.

 

 

Herreshoff Marine Museum

One Burnside Street, Bristol, RI

401-253-5000

www.herreshoff.org