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Collaboration to Fulfill a Bold Vision: The 38 th Voyage of the CHARLES W. MORGAN CHARLES W. MORGAN Built in 1841 Whaled for 80 years 37 Voyages Oldest commercial vessel Sparred Length- 165 Length on Deck- 107

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Collaboration to Fulfill a Bold Vision: The 38th Voyage of the CHARLES W. MORGAN

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CHARLES W. MORGAN

  • Built in 1841
  • Whaled for 80 years
  • 37 Voyages
  • Oldest commercial vessel
  • Sparred Length- 165’
  • Length on Deck- 107’
  • Draft- 14’
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Homeward Bound, Provincetown and New Bedford, 1921

Mission

Mystic Seaport is a museum that strives to inspire an enduring connection to the American maritime experience.

Core Values

Inspiration Knowledge Authenticity Stewardship Community

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“If not now, when?”

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MAY JUNE JULY AUG

New London NPT MV New Bedford Stellwagen Boston

MMA

transit window work/sea trials

  • pen to public
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Voyage Goals

  • Sail the ship!
  • Use our public history strategy to

reinterpret an iconic artifact

  • Reach new and important audiences

by bringing the Morgan to them

  • Spotlight maritime communities
  • Forge partnerships with other cultural
  • rganizations
  • Make history, don’t just preserve it
  • Understand and document this

artifact more fully through use

  • Draw on partner expertise and

perspective to fully realize the project potential

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Donor and member engagement

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A new vision for an old ship

Reinterpretation of the Charles W. Morgan

  • Perils and profits of whaling
  • Whaling as a cultural crossroads
  • Impact on American Identity
  • Changing perceptions of whales

In collaboration with NOAA “When the Morgan returns to Stellwagen Bank in 2014, she will arrive not as a predator but as a shepherd, and her cargo will be knowledge, not whale oil. “ – Dan Basta, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Benefits to Collaboration

  • 1. Make Stronger Grant Proposals
  • 2. Reach New Audiences
  • 3. Add to the Collections
  • 4. Gather Fresh Perspectives
  • 5. Embrace a 21st-century Approach
  • 6. More Voices to Tell the Story
  • 7. New Friends for the Museum
  • 8. Share the Work!

Artwork by Laura Rawson, Dalvero Academy

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Collaborative Planning

  • 2009: Feasibility study
  • 2011-2013: Expert input at

charrettes

  • Humanities scholars
  • Science scholars
  • Port partner museums
  • Tall ship captains
  • Committees meeting

throughout

  • Voyage Steering Committee
  • Port Program Committee
  • Staffing and Logistics

Committee

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Alexandria Seaport Foundation (VA) Great Lakes Boat Building School (MI) The Apprenticeshop (ME) Independence Seaport Museum (PA) Lowell’s Boat Shop (MA) Gannon and Benjamin Boatyard (MA) Beetle Boat Shop (MA) Rocking the Boat (NY) Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (VT)

Whaleboat Builders

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Find nb hurricane pic

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#SailWithMorgan #SailForTallShips

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Coordination with Local Agencies to Manage Port Risks

Agencies

  • U.S. Coast Guard
  • Law enforcement – federal, state, and local
  • Fire Departments
  • Emergency Medical Service
  • Harbormaster
  • Local governmental agencies

Risks Include

  • Vandalism / trespassing
  • Fire
  • Injury
  • Protesters
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38th Voyage Programming

  • Voyage Programmatic Approach & Goals
  • Partnerships
  • In Ports: Public Exhibits and Programs
  • Onboard: 38th Voyagers and Stowaway
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Charles W. Morgan as…

Artifact Historic Technology Historic Site Space Shuttle Symbol of a difficult topic

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Mystic Seaport Vision….

To significantly influence how new generations engage with our nation’s past, present, and future.

Immersive Shared Authority Participatory Relevant & Authentic Immersive

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Tisbury Towing

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Sampling of Project Partners

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Satellite Exhibit Hosts

ALASKA Baranov Museum - Kodiak Historical Society CALIFORNIA

  • - Los Angeles Maritime Museum
  • - Channel Islands Maritime Museum (Oxnard)

MASSACHUSETTS

  • - New Bedford Whaling Museum
  • - Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

NEW YORK The Whaling Museum at Cold Spring Harbor PENNSYLVANIA Independence Seaport Museum (Philadelphia) TEXAS Galveston Historical Foundation VIRGINIA Mariners' Museum (Newport News) WISCONSIN Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Dockside Exhibit

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Dockside Exhibit Scale Model: 1/8” = 1’

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Support and enhance the visit on board

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Support different learning styles through demonstration

Smithing and coopering demonstrations

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Give voice to others

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Reaping the Harvest

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Unexpected

  • utcomes
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Boston Cape Cod Cape Ann

Mystic Seaport Mystic Seaport

NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

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National Marine Sanctuary Tent

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OceansLIVE Broadcasts July 11-13

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Jean-Michel Cousteau at Faneuil Hall

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Whale of a Game at Fenway Park – July 18

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38th Voyagers

  • 85 Voyagers on 10 transit legs
  • Goal: adding multiple perspectives to the

Morgan’s history and reaching new audiences

  • Each Voyager produces a project that Mystic

Seaport can use in future exhibits, online, etc.

  • 38th Voyager Coordinators helping refine and

implement projects

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Training Days

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Map showing bucket samples taken during 38th Voyage, from Williams-Mystic professor Lisa Gilbert

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Mike Whitney, UConn professor, launching ocean drifters to measure current patterns

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Tyler Putman Blog Post Samples: “Shoes and Rigs aboard the Charles W. Morgan” “Whalemen and Waterproofing: The Recipes”

From Mystic Seaport Collections and Research Center

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“Down to the Seas Again” comic by Lucy Bellwood

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Kathleen Lafferty talks about her ancestor, captain’s wife Marian Smith, as part of an OceansLIVE broadcast

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Dante Francomano Matt Ecklund

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Tom Sullivan holds wood from the Morgan’s restoration that he and his brother identified in Boston

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Sketches by Evan Turk

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Ger Tysk, from Boston to Japan and across the Atlantic

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Who Will Be the Morgan Stowaway?

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“Voyaging in the Wake of the Whalers”

NEW Exhibit opening Summer 2015

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