Our next presentation at Buckalew’s Bar & Restaurant will take place Friday, October 25th. The presentation begins at 7 pm. Complimentary hor d’oeuvres will be served starting at [...]
If you weren’t at the NJ Maritime Museum fundraiser Saturday night, well, you were at the wrong place. Perfect weather. A great turnout. Thanks to the local businesses – LBI and [...]
Early in September, we had a visit to the museum by Elmer Smith and his family. As he was leaving, he expressed appreciation for the hospitality and promised to be in touch with some information [...]
I recently read a book titled “Into the Raging Sea” by Rachel Slade. This is the story of the sinking and loss of the container ship SS El Faro and all 33 of her crew. El Faro was designed and [...]
The NJ Maritime Museum brochure for 2019 is complete and available – not just at the museum – but also in brochure racks in all the parkway and turnpike service plazas and hundreds of other [...]
I came across the article below and want to share with our maritime friends. You can talk like an old sailor and not offend anyone. The maritime roots of popular expressions By Pamela Glass, [...]
Once again our patrons and friends came through to make the Maritime Museum fundraiser a success in spite of the windy rainy day/evening. There will be many more postings on the fundraiser in the [...]
It’s another kind of monster: monster waves. The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is a region in the North Atlantic that is generally bounded by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto [...]
Responding to requests for shipwreck information is one of the most rewarding tasks I do at the maritime museum. This week was no exception. A note came in asking if we knew the identity of what [...]