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Newburyport Custom House Maritime Museum
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Добавлен 21 мар 2012
The Custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport, Massachusetts, resides in a former United States customhouse. Built in 1835, Newburyport's previous customhouse on State Street had burned in the Great Fire of 1811. This greek revival structure was designed by architect Robert Mills, who also designed the US Treasury building and the Washington Monument. The granite used to build the customhouse was quarried in Cape Ann and brought by barge to Newburyport where local masons shaped the rock, and assembled the building according to Mills' plans.
The museum was founded by the Newburyport Maritime Society in the 1970s with the goal of preserving and interpreting this history. It features historical objects related to maritime, local, and customhouse history, and a rich collection of primary source documents from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries.
The museum was founded by the Newburyport Maritime Society in the 1970s with the goal of preserving and interpreting this history. It features historical objects related to maritime, local, and customhouse history, and a rich collection of primary source documents from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries.
2024 Richard Rybacki Award Ceremony
Established by the Rybacki family to honor his dedication to public and community service, this award is presented annually to a crew member of Station Merrimack River who best exemplifies the spirit of respect, honor, and devotion to duty both in service to the Coast Guard and to the community in which they serve.
The CHMM is honored to welcome RADM Michael E. Platt, First Coast Guard District to Newburyport, who will make special remarks.
The CHMM is honored to welcome RADM Michael E. Platt, First Coast Guard District to Newburyport, who will make special remarks.
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October 2024 First Friday - Biologist Micah Kieffer on Merrimack Sturgeon
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Sturgeon on the Merrimack By Micah Kieffer, Research Fishery Biologist at the US Geological Service Micah Kieffer’s research activities focus on the movements and ecology of wild New England sturgeons. He will discuss the identification of annual coastal spawning migrations of shortnose sturgeon living in the Merrimack River and spawning in the Kennebec River and the identification of critical ...
November 2024 First Friday - Annie Harris, Essex National Heritage
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Annie Harris, CEO, Essex National Heritage Commission. The CHMM is proud to partner with the Essex National Heritage Area (ENHA) and will feature Annie Harris, CEO of the Essex National Heritage Commission, at the November 1st First Friday lecture. Annie will discuss the origins of the ENHA and the role which regional leaders such as Newburyport Mayor Bryon Matthews played in establishing this ...
July 2024 First Friday: Bronson de Stadler: D-Day Remembered
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On the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 1944, we remember the land, air, and sea forces of the Allied armies brought together in the largest amphibious invasion in military history. Codenamed "Operation Overlord," the operation, a pivotal moment in World War II, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. The beaches along a 50-mile stretch were codenamed Utah...
June 2024 First Friday: Geordie Vining: Black Mariners during the Age of Sail
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Black mariners have been at the heart of maritime history, but have been given barely a footnote until recently. Seafaring was one of the main occupations for Black men in Newburyport and the rest of New England during the 19th century. Sailors on merchant vessels, fishing ships, whalers, and warships faced great hardship and danger, and Black sailors faced significantly more risks than their w...
10,000+ Years of Newburyport History in 5 Minutes
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Curator Kevin tells the story of Newburyport and the exciting collections of the Custom House Maritime Museum. CHMM has multiple galleries, each focused thematically on historical narratives unique to the Custom House and its collection. Our Galleries: customhousemaritimemuseum.org/galleries/ Become a Member: customhousemaritimemuseum.ticketspice.com/membership Donate: customhousemaritimemuseum...
May 2024 First Friday: Bethany Groff Dorau on Punch Bowls and Prohibition
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In May 1877, in a widely distributed leaflet called "The Word of Truth", prohibitionist J.E. Wolfe published the names of the Newburyport merchants "paying special tax for the sale of spirituous and malt liquors", calling them "murderers" with "blood on their hands". This was enough to land Wolfe in the Newburyport jail, where he continued to fume and write. Newburyport was awash in rum in the ...
First Friday April 2024: Kevin Macdonald on the Journals of Samuel Smith
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As Kevin MacDonald and fellow volunteers work on installing a new exhibition in the Marquand Gallery that examines the first 50 years of Newburyport’s history - her Golden Age - he will detail his research on a small but, as it turns out, significant document in the CHMM collection. The town’s evolutionary path - from British subjects to American colonists, to United States citizens - defined i...
2024 Annual Members Meeting
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The 2024 Annual Members meeting. Agenda: Welcome & Remarks … Jack Santos - Chair The Vision for the Museum … James Russell - Executive Director Financial Report … Charlie Tontar - Treasurer Volunteers are our Lifeblood … Don Roberts - volunteer coordinator Election of 2023 Slate of Directors … Paul Swindlehurst Nominating Committee Chair Recognition of Service Awards … Jack Q&A and Close of Mee...
First Friday Feb 2023: The Story of the Ship Huguenot Dr. Timothy Kendall
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Guest speaker Dr. Timothy Kendall, Archaeologist and Historian of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, for The Story of the Ship Huguenot, a painting lost, found, and presented to the Custom House Maritime Museum. On June 12, 1846, 23-year-old Alexander Graves of Newburyport, two weeks after being promoted to Master of the Ship Huguenot, found himself in mid-Atlantic, fighting a fire on board his vessel ca...
Newburyport Amongst the Whales - Warm Talks for Cold Winds
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James Russell, CHMM Executive Director, talks about the global adventures of Newburyport whalers as they sailed the seven seas in pursuit of the leviathans of the deep. The presentation charts a course from early whaling expeditions in the North Atlantic, through the ESSEX of Moby Dick fame, to the end of Yankee whaling. Russell references Margaret Peckham Motes' 2022 book “Among the Whales,” i...
2023 CHMM Annual Meeting
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2023 annual members meeting of the Newburyport Maritime Society and the Custom House Maritime Museum
Warm Talks for Cold Winds #5: Jay Williamson on Tristram Dalton
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Warm Talks for Cold Winds #5: Jay Williamson on Tristram Dalton
Warm Talks #4: Bethany Groff Dorau on "Negotiations" and Women in Newburyport History
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Warm Talks #4: Bethany Groff Dorau on "Negotiations" and Women in Newburyport History
Warm Talks for Cold Winds: Alice Gould Talks About Caleb Cushing
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Warm Talks for Cold Winds: Alice Gould Talks About Caleb Cushing
Warm Talks for Cold Winds: Bob Watts Talks About Timothy Palmer
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Warm Talks for Cold Winds: Bob Watts Talks About Timothy Palmer
Warm Talks for Cold Winds: Bronson De Stadler talks about Nathaniel Tracey
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Warm Talks for Cold Winds: Bronson De Stadler talks about Nathaniel Tracey
The Yankee City Theater Project Slide Show (2006)
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The Yankee City Theater Project Slide Show (2006)
Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail, Volume II - First Friday: Jul 2022
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Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail, Volume II - First Friday: Jul 2022
Merrimack: A History of the River that Made Newburyport: First Friday June 2022
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Merrimack: A History of the River that Made Newburyport: First Friday June 2022
The Making of Legends: How ‘Legendary Newburyporters’ Was Born. April 2022 First Friday
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The Making of Legends: How ‘Legendary Newburyporters’ Was Born. April 2022 First Friday
Legendary Newburyporters - A Chronicle of Achievements in the 18th & 19th Centuries
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Legendary Newburyporters - A Chronicle of Achievements in the 18th & 19th Centuries
Not Content on the Sidelines: Judith Sargent Murray - March 2022 First Friday
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Not Content on the Sidelines: Judith Sargent Murray - March 2022 First Friday
Slavery in Massachusetts: Newburyport Connections - Feb 2022 First Friday
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Slavery in Massachusetts: Newburyport Connections - Feb 2022 First Friday
Coast Guard Station Merrimack River - Jan 2022 First Friday
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Coast Guard Station Merrimack River - Jan 2022 First Friday
Navigation by Sea and Stars - November 2021 First Friday
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Navigation by Sea and Stars - November 2021 First Friday