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It’s December 15, 2024
A field trip to last a lifetime
Photo, above: NLMS educator Christina Corcoran took Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School third graders to visit the Old Town Mill on Monday. It’s part of our Local-History & Landmarks program, which NLMS has offered for free to the NL Public Schools across 16 years.
This year Christina is teaching all 12 NL 3rd-grade classes.
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The Custom House is Open Thurs.- Fri. 1-5 PM,
Sat. 10 AM-5 PM, & Sun. 1-5 PM.
NLMS thanks our MEMBERS!
& 3 cheers for our sponsors: Anthony and Elizabeth Enders Fund – Charter Oak Credit Union – Chelsea Groton Foundation – Community Foundation of Eastern CT – Dominion Energy – Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee – Kozmik Music Services – Ludwick Family Foundation – Maco Family Fund – Louise Novitch – Robinson+Cole –
Veolia/NL Water Authority. Thank you!
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~Holidays at the Custom House~
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Support NL’s maritime museum this giving season. Visit. Shop. Become a member or gift a membership to someone you love.
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There’s just one more week to see Richard Stremme’s The Scrimshaw/Tattoo Connection.
Rich Stremme writes: Whale men were some of the earliest American purveyors and wearers of the “hand poke” tattoo. Gleaned from tattoo experiences with native peoples, sailors adapted the practice to foc’sle life and brought the earliest form of tattooing into American subculture. Objects, photographs and ephemera displayed focus on the “sharp” arts of the sailor’s life, surveying the imagery, tools, and connection between traditional scrimshaw and relief carved whimsies, and the birth of the American tattoo.
Photo: a whale oil cask lid. David Tamulevich
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Our MUSEUM SHOP offers all kinds of unique gifts. We have an extensive selection of books on maritime, local history, Freedom, and lighthouse topics. Our gifts have an extra feel good factor: when you shop with us, your purchases support museum exhibitions & educational programs.
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McGuire Library’s Latest Digital Exhibition Released
When a rare book dealer in Minneapolis contacted Susan Tamulevich about a navigation treatise with important connections to New London’s maritime past, it didn’t take us long to say “yes,” we want it! The well-used copy of The Whole Art of Navigation, printed in London in 1701, had been the property of New London’s Capt. James Rogers (1704- c.1754), who is mentioned briefly in Joshua Hempstead’s diary and Caulkins’s History of New London. The book was inherited by James’s namesake son, also a sea captain, who left the seafaring life after the Revolution and moved to New Hampshire where the book was sold in 1800 to the publisher of The New-England Farmer’s Diary and Almanac.
At that point the book was out of sight for over two hundred years, until consigned to the Minneapolis dealer and acquired by the Society in 2015. A handsome linen-covered clamshell box, of the kind used to preserve rare books, was soon crafted by our late conservator, Eugene MacMillan. We have continued to research the book’s origins in 17th century London, the first edition having been printed in 1685. This nautical treasure is now the subject of an online exhibition which may be viewed using the link on the Maritime Society website homepage. Many images contain fine print, so It is best seen on a desktop or laptop computer.
–Brian Rogers, Online Exhibitions Librarian
Photo: Brian Rogers
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Saturdays, Sundays, & by appointment year-round
a popular destination for more than a century.
Visit Long Island Sound’s oldest and tallest lighthouse.
The moon, Ledge Light, Harbor Light. Photo: Manuel Lizarralde
Climb 116 steps up into the lighthouse lantern. We offer tours every Saturday & Sunday at noon. The views are spectacular! Tours for up-to five people take approximately 40 minutes. To book a tour at other times, send us an email.
Thanks to our friends at the Chelsea Groton Foundation, New London residents may visit inside New London Harbor Lighthouse with a $5 ticket, and admission to the Custom House is free through 2024. Don’t miss this opportunity. Sign up today! For tour dates in 2025, Sign up here.
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Your dollars counted! Strong community support inspired the state of Connecticut to come forward with $53,000 to pay off the balance of the Ledge Light overrun! With your donations totaling $5,000, the overrun is Paid in Full! Thank you to Bruce Buckley of the Ledge Light Foundation and to Capt. David Henry of NLMS for their oversight of this project.
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The Custom House Museum Gift Shop is full of wintertime treats!
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Photo, above: New Puzzles! Every level for everybody.
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The NL HarborCam now has 6.7M views! It’s your 24/7 eye on the harbor.
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Please Support a New Roof for the Custom House Maritime Museum!
Your contributions demonstrate that the community cares.
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Winter Solstice is this Saturday, December 21.
Happy Holidays from New London Maritime!
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Happy Solstice! Merry Yule!
The CUSTOM HOUSE MARITIME MUSEUM is open Thurs. 1 to 5 PM, Fri., 1 to 5 PM,
Sat. 1 0 AM to 5 PM, Sun. 1 to 5 PM.
150 Bank Street, New London, Connecticut 06430, USA
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