The Custom House Maritime Museum Announces Upcoming Events

Up next: Rod Johnstone and the Story of JBoats a new exhibition opening soon.

TagSale@Celts & Currachs* Under the Custom House tent on Saturday, August 28, from 10 to 5.

All new (old) items, including a large selection of vintage maritime books.

Isn't it time you got rid of those old fishing poles?
We are gratefully accepting Tag Sale donations every day except Monday, between the hours of 1 and 5 PM, or by appointment: call 860-447-2501.

It's a Win-Win proposition: clear & organize your living space while supporting your community Custom House Maritime Museum!

*The region's premiere Celtic music and dance festival!
Featuring the hot, young band, Mac Talla Mor, Irish step dancing, Bretagne line dancing and much more, brought to you by New London Main Street. And please stop by our Tag Sale while visiting this event.

Visit our AMISTAD exhibition before summer ends. Everyone asks to see our new exhibit - Amistad: A True Story of Freedom. We had six visitors asking to see it today, and the museum was closed! A mother & daughter came from New London (they'd never visited the museum before...); two, from British Columbia, were in town waiting to take the Fisher's Island ferry; and two were full-time tourist-bloggers from California.

We also have 2 special exhibitions Projects from the New London Regional Multicultural Magnet School

4 & 5 grade's Selborne Project-- a study of the historic sites within a kilometer of the school--are now on view at the Custom House.

Captain Nathaniel Brown Palmer: A Maritime Pioneer,an exhibit based on the book about the Stonington captain who designed the first clipper ships and discovered a part of Antarctica, by Stonington author Candace Sanford, with illustrations by Susan Scala (Flat Hammock Press).

The Custom House Maritime Museum - open year-round - telling the stories of New London's waterfront! www.nlmaritimesociety.org