Maritime Art and Culture
If you're looking to research stories of the
sea, here are some good reference starting points. For further resources,
I particularly recommend Mark
Rosenstien’s Sailing Page, Yacht-Links,
the UK Sailing Index and
the Traditional Boat
Site -- both a veritable treasure trove of links.
BOATS AND BOAT BUILDERS
Barquentine Calliope
www.barkhof.de/calliope/en_frameset.html
Currently exisiting only on paper, this vessel
is the result of a diploma thesis: "Design of a Sail-Training-Vessel".
Builders of Traditional Wooden Pilot Cutters
www.workingsail.co.uk
Husband and wife team. Luke has been building
and restoring wooden sailing craft for over 25 years, beginning with
an apprenticeship on the east coast of England working on Thames sailing
barges. Sara took her interests to Exeter University where she completed
an MA in maritime history, writing her thesis on the pilot cutters of
the Isles of Scilly.
Boats on Show, England
Official: www.boatsonshow.co.uk
The idea behind this show is to create an event
which shows that boating can be a good deal simpler, cheaper and more
fun than most boat shows would have you believe.
Classic Marine
www.classicmarine.co.uk
Traditional equipment for classic boats. Classic
Marine is a chandlery which can supply and make equipment for traditional
and classic yachts around the world.
The Dutch Classic Yacht Regatta
www.dcyr.nl
Dutch language site
Sailing Barge Kitty (Thames Barges)
www.r-marriott.demon.co.uk
One of 37 barges built in Gas House Creek,
Harwich, Kitty was built in 1895 by J & H Cann. A Shipwright renowned
for both high quality workmanship and a reputation for building fast vessels.
The schooner "La Toulonnaise"
www.la-toulonnaise.com
This site promotes the rebuilding of the
historic French Navy vessel which was launched on August 13, 1823, in
Toulon: the schooner La Toulonnaise. The plan is to run her on a
cultural, social and tourist purpose basis.
Tall Ship News Wire
www.tallshipnewswire.com
The Tall Ship NewsWire is dedicated to
providing the surfing public with breaking news about tall ships worldwide,
relevant industry updates, and maritime event tracking.
Yacht-Links, the Sailing and Yachting
Directory
www.yacht-links.net
UK site: a specialist sailing directory designed to make the search
for sailing sites much easier, whether your looking for technical help,
tuition, charts, books or meteorological information.
Wooden Ships Music
www.woodenshipsmusic.com
If you're after information on folk songs and shantys here's a good
place to start.
IMAGES, ART SITES AND SALES
The Art of Decorative Knot Work
www.knotsmadeeasy.com
GB Marine Art
www.gbmarineart.com
International Submarine Art Gallery
www.subart.net
Marine Arts Gallery Salem Mass, USA
www.marineartsgallery.com
Maritime Prints
www.tallshipart.co.uk
Charles Napier Hemy
www.speel.demon.co.uk/artists2/hemy.htm
Napier Hemy became famous above all as a marine painter, his earliest
pictures in the genre being coastal scenes in the detailed manner of the
Pre-Raphaelites. He also produced historical paintings and landscapes,
but more or less confined himself to sea, coast and fishing scenes after
his move to Falmouth at the beginning of the 1880s.
This site features information on over 300 artists.
Photographs by Fred Leblanc
www.thephotojournal.com
The Sea Dragon Marine Art Studio
www.seadragon.com
MARITIME MUSEUMS
AUSTRALIA
Australian Maritime Museum
Official: www.anmm.gov.au
CANADA
Lighthouses of British Columbia
www.fogwhistle.com/bclights
The Maritime Museum Of The Atlantic, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Official: www.ednet.ns.ca
DENMARK
Danish Fisheries and Maritime Museum
Official: www.fimus.dk
The Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde
Official: www.mac-roskilde.dk
FINLAND
Maritime Museum of Finland
Official: www.nba.fi/MUSEUMS/MARITIME/Merimeng.htm
The permanent exhibitions of the Museum present the history of shipbuilding,
life on board a ship, merchant shipping, steam technology, winter navigation
and the history of diving. The displays include material raised from the
sea. Fishing and pleasure boats are exhibited in the boat hall, and at
the quay outside the museum the restored lightship Kemi, built in 1901.
FRANCE
Le Chasse-Marée
Official: www.chasse-maree.com
French site. The men and the sea have a common history, it is this story
which the Le Chasse-Marée tells, to revive a true maritime culture.
Trade, fishing, pleasure, the everyday life of the sailors or historical
events are recounted here.
GERMANY
German Maritime Museum
Official: www.dsm.de
THE NETHERLANDS
Netherlands Maritime Museum
Official: www.scheepvaartmuseum.nl
Kattenburgerplein 1 – 1018 KK Amsterdam – Netherland
Tel: (020) 52 32 222 Fax : (020) 52 32 213
Email : info@scheepvaartmuseum.nl
The Museum is housed in the National Naval Depot, a former arsenal of
the Dutch Navy that is over 300 years old. The unique collection tells
the story of the maritime past of the Netherlands. The jetty outside the
Museum provides a permanent berth for a replica of the Dutch East Indiaman
Amsterdam. Actors playing the sailors provide a 'life-like' impression
of life on board the Amsterdam.
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Maritime Museum
Official: nzmaritime.org
SWEDEN
National Maritime Museum of Sweden
Official: www.sjohistoriska.nu
Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 24 Box 27131 102 52 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 (0) 8 519 549 00 Fax: +46 (0) 8 519 549 49
E-mail: sshm@sshm.se
Naval Museum of Karlskrona
Official: www.marinmuseum.se
Marinmuseum Stumholmen SE - 37132 Karlskrona, Sweden
Tel: 0455 - 539 02 Fax: 0455 - 539 49
E-mail: marinmuseum@sshm.se
Warships and History: The Naval Museum has a long tradition stretching
back to 1752, when Adolf Fredrik, the then King of Sweden decreed, that
a Ship's Model Room be established in Karlskrona, and ever since the Museum
has been charged with the collection and conservation of artefacts which
would document the history and development of Sweden's Navy.
UK
Looe Maritime Archive
Official: www.motiongrafik.com/html/
Merseyside Maritime Museum
Official: www.nmgm.org.uk
Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AQ
Tel: +44 151 478 4499 E-mail: maritimemuseum@nmgm.org
Telling the story of Liverpool's seafaring heritage and the merchant navy:
Merseyside Maritime Museum is in a former bonded warehouse, part of the
historic Albert Dock on the banks of the River Mersey. The museum, opened
in 1980, tells the story of one of the world's greatest ports and the
people who used it.
The National Maritime Museum
Official: www.nmm.ac.uk
Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 4422 Fax : +44 (0)20 8312 6632
The largest Maritime Museum in the world.
The River & Rowing Museum, England
Official: www.rrm.co.uk
Scottish Fisheries Museum
Official: www.scottish-fisheries-museum.org
Thames Sailing Barge Site
Official:www.thamesbarge.org.uk
Trinity House (The Eddystone’s Lighthouses)
www.trinityhouse.co.uk
Vigilance of Brixham
www.vigilanceofbrixham.co.uk
Windermere Streamboat Museum
Official: www.steamboat.co.uk
USA
The American Merchant Marine at War
www.usmm.org
Mystic Seaport
Official: www.mysticseaport.org
PO Box 6000 – 75 Greenmanville Avenue – Mystic, CT 06355-0990
– USA
Tel: 860 572 0711 E-mail: visitor.services@mysticseaport.org
The mission of Mystic Seaport is to create a broad, public understanding
of the relationship of America and the sea.
San Francisco Maritime Museum
Official: www.nps.gov/safr/local/museum.html
South St Seaport Museum, New York, US
Official: www.SouthStSeaport.org
Texas Seaport Museum
Official: www.tsm-elissa.org
AUCTION HOUSES
Phillips Auction House
Official: www.phillips-auctions.com
Sotheby’s Auction House
Official: www.sothebys.com
ORGANISATIONS
The Archives and Collections Society
Official: www.AandC.org
The Chicago Maritime Society
Official: www.chicagomaritimesociety.org
Historical Maritime Society
Official: www.hms.org.uk
The Nautical Archeaology Society
Official: www.nasportsmouth.org.uk
The Nautical Research Guild
Official: www.naut-res-guild.org/museum.html
Old Gaffers Association, England
Official: www.oldgaffersassociation.org
Jubillee Sailing Trust
Official: www.jst.org.uk
The Marine Society
Official: www.marine-society.org.uk
Master Mariners Benevolent Association of San Francisco Bay
Official: www.mastermariners.org
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Offical: www.rnli.org.uk
Royal Society of Marine Artists
Official: www.mallgalleries.org.uk
The Sea Education Association
Official: www.sea.edu
The Society for Sailing Barge Research
Official: www.sailingbargeresearch.org.uk
US Coast Guard
Official: www.uscg.mil
The World Ship Trust
Official: www.worldshiptrust.org
PUBLICATIONS
Model Shipwright Magazine
Official: www.batsford.com
WoodenBoat.com
Official: www.woodenboat.com
WoodenBoat Publications Inc., Naskeag Road, PO Box 78, Brooklin, Maine
04616 USA
Tel: 207-359-4651 Fax: 207-359-8920
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E-mail: woodenboat@woodenboat.com
The magazine for wooden boat builders. Obviously.Includes a
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