by CHMM | Feb 4, 2022 | News
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...
by Kevin Macdonald | Dec 15, 2021 | Exhibits, History, News
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...
by CHMM | Nov 4, 2021 | History, News
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...
by Kevin Macdonald | Sep 1, 2021 | History, News
Descended from George Little, who arrived from England to the 5-year-old Newberry Plantation in 1640, Jacob Little was born March 19, 1797, to Jacob Sr., a merchant, and Hannah (Sawyer). Jacob Sr. made his fortune throughout the 1790s and early 1800s, until the...
by CHMM | Aug 12, 2021 | History, News
The Fresnel Lens is Heading Home: An Interview with Lampist Kurt Fosburg On September 1st, Kurt Fosburg of Superior Lighthouse Restoration, LLC will be moving the Fresnel Lens from its home of over four decades at the Custom House Maritime Museum to its original home...
by CHMM | Aug 9, 2021 | News
CHMM Maritime Days Returns! The CHMM’s #1 FUNdraiser of the year, Maritime Days, will be held September 10 – 12. This weekend will be jam-packed with fun events for the whole family. Friday Evening: Kicking off the weekend Friday night at 6:30 on the waterfront will...
