July 15, 2021, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Shannon Ricles introduces educators to teaching engineering and design, while learning about maritime heritage through the mystery of shipwrecks.
Using the Lake Phelps canoes as a case study, listen as Tim discusses the advantages and disadvantages of treating waterlogged archaeological wood with sugar, as he reviews their history, treatment, and retreatment.
Will Hoffman, Director of the USS Monitor Center and Chief Conservator at The Mariners' Museum, will present the Monitor conservation efforts to date.
Dr. Sal Mercogliano discusses why the American East Coast became a strategic battlefield in the first five months after the U.S. entered World War II.
Join Shannon Ricles to learn why the area off Cape Hatteras became the strategic spot for the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
May 4, 2021, 9:30am - 10:30am
Join Andy Latto with the National Hurricane Center, as he discusses the main impacts of hurricanes on the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic region.
April 22, 2021, 4pm - 5pm
Join Jenna Hartley, NC State University PhD student, as she discusses involving young people as community change-agents on the topic of marine debris.
April 20, 2021, 1pm - 2pm
Join Stephen Atkinson, Assistant State Archaeologist, as he explores the history behind the beached shipwrecks that dot the North Carolina coastline.
Join Shannon Ricles to learn how the USS Monitor was key to keeping the Union's blockade in place and thus saving the Union.
March 23, 2021, 1pm - 2pm
Kimberly Kenyon, senior conservator for the Queen Anne’s Revenge Shipwreck Project, shares why conservation is so critical to archaeology.