Changes at the helm!
By: Jack Santos, CHMM Board of Directors Chair Jack Santos SLAINTÉ ! For those of you I haven’t met, I was recently elected the Board Chairperson of the Custom House Maritime Museum. It is quite an honor to help lead such an important Newburyport institution.I joined...
A Docent’s Quest
Written By Donald Roberts I am a lifelong learner who loves the history of Newburyport and the Merrimack River. The more I learn, the more I want to know. The more I know, the more I want to share with others. I love being a docent ~ sharing and...
The Things We Find!
By: Gregory Colling, AIA The CHMM is currently working with Merrimack Design Architects and Tripi Engineering Services on an Interior Climate Control Feasibility Study with funding provided by the Newburyport Community Preservation Act. The purpose of the current work...
Museum Receives Painting of Ship Anahuac
Recently, on a beautiful September morning, Custom House Maritime Museum Executive Director Joan Whitlow, and former museum curator Kevin MacDonald, traveled to Maine, to meet with Mrs. Ellen Grant, whose great-grandfather was Captain George Prescott Spalding, of...
A Peek Into Our Collection: Carl S. Johnson’s Autograph Book
Written by: Emily Hoffman, Docent and collections researcher Among the Custom House collections, is a small autograph book. The cover is linen embossed with detailed color paper of a bird perched on a branch of flowers. Artistically inspired corner fold reveals a New...CONTACT US
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