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Each 3rd Thursday of the month, NLMS' Jibboom Club brings you a speaker, good conversation, coffee & refreshments. The talk is live at the Custom House.
Sponsored by the Maco Family Fund, Jibboom is Free. Please come and bring a friend!
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Tuesday, October 18, 1:30 PM
JIBBOOM CLUB #1
In October, Jibboom presents artist Brechin Lee Morgan to speak about his sailing circumnavigation of the globe and the paintings that trip inspired. Brech in is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists . He exibits his work at the Thames River Gallery, and his JIBBOOM talk is sponsored by John Johnson.
Brechin was born in New London and spent summers of his childhood roaming the beach between Harkness and the Seaside Sanitarium.
In 1998 Brechin fulfilled a lifelong dream sailing alone from Block Island around the world spending four and a half years on his 27 foot cutter "Otter''. After sailing 32,000 miles and visiting 32 countries, he returned to Block Island becoming the 232nd solo circumnavigator since Joshua Slocum. It earned him the Golden Circle Award from the Joshua Slocum Society. Much of his work is drawn from the sketchbooks kept during the voyage.
Brechin Lee Morgan
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What's Up at the
Custom House
October 16, 2022
Become a member
sign up online.
The museum is open from 10 AM to 5 PM on Wed. & Sat.
and from 1 to 5 PM, Thurs., Fri. & Sun.
Photo: We have a terrific SHOP. Here are new bath boats and other marine toys.
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We thank all our sponsors - ARPA - Bodenwein Foundation - Astor Place - Chelsea Groton Foundation - Community Foundation of Eastern CT - CT Humanities - CT Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts - Eleven+ - Frank Loomis Palmer Fund - Maco Family Fund - New London Cultural District - Robinson+Cole - State of CT - SVOG U.S. Small Business Administration - Veolia / NL Water Authority.
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Saturdays & Sundays at 11 & 11:45
Visit Inside New London Harbor Lighthouse!
We give tours year-round!
Meet at the lighthouse, then climb 116 steps to the lantern room -- all the while learning the 262-year history of Harbor Light, one of the oldest lights in the country, and the tallest on Long Island Sound. The 1865 4th-order fresnel lens remains in the lantern room. Views at the top are spectacular!
Tours take 40 minutes. Book a tour for up-to five people: click to sign up, or email to schedule a tour during the week. Tickets are $35, $30 for NLMS members, $25 youth through age 18. Sign up today!
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Sunday, October 30, 6-9 PM
Open Mic at the Museum
Open Mic meets from 6-9 PM on the last Sunday of the month. It's co-hosted by Doc Frazier and Christina Corcoran.
Our monthly open mic welcomes performers of all kinds. Share your music, poetry, prose, stand-up, or just say what is on your mind. Bring your instruments, perform, or just sit back and enjoy!
Photo: Doc Frasier at the September Open Mic.
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Are you a Charter Oak Member?
Please Donate to NLMS!
At this time of year, Charter Oak offers you the unique opportunity to double your donation. Charter Oak will match your donation to NLMS up to $500 (in increments of $25). It's easy to do: (1) fill out a short Charter Oak form (tax ID: 061086688), (2) donate to NLMS in person, or mail us a check. Forms will be available at the Custom House desk.
To mail a check address and send it to:
New London Maritime Society
150 Bank Street.
New London CT 06320
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Are you a gardener?
It's not too late to order your bulbs through Brent & Becky's Bloomin' Bucks; 25% of the cost will be donated to the New London Maritime Society.
Bloomin’ Bucks with Brent and Becky’s Bulbs is a progressive fundraising program designed to earn select Non-Profit organizations cash for every order received through the Brent and Becky’s Bulbs website! Thank you for your support!
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SHOP at the MUSEUM
Have fun, find gifts, & support the NL Maritime Society. Our gifts have an extra feel good factor: when you shop with us, your purchases support museum exhibitions & educational programs.
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It was a busy week at the Custom House.
Continued repair to water damaged walls has delayed the opening of our photography exhibition; we're now aiming for a date in early November. But the Food Stroll on Wednesday night was a resounding success. It was great to see so many friends out ambling through the downtown.
Our year-long Local History & Landmarks program, which we offer for free to New London's third grade classes, started up this week in three elementary schools: Nathan Hale, Winthrop, and Harbor. Christina Corcoran is running the program again this year and not on zoom. She is back in the classrooms and looking forward to taking the students on their first field trips.
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We loved Wednesday's FOOD STROLL! Our thanks to all of you who showed up. We've missed you! A great thanks to Captain Scott's Lobster Dock, who furnished the delicious RI clam chowder served at the Custom House.
Did you know Capt. Scott's makes a decadent lobster grilled cheese? Their take-out restaurant will stay open this year through Christmas Eve. Scott's fish market, of course, is a local treasure and open year-round.
We stopped by for lunch last week and ran into none other than Constance Kristofik the day after her film premiere at the Garde. Congratulations Constance!
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We're online & on facebook!
Watch New London HarborCam, our 24/7 eye on the harbor. We've had over 3.2 million viewers!
Photo: on Wednesday Dick Fraser showed marine educators through the museum.
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View Online Exhibitions of New London Maritime History from the Custom House Maritime Museum's Frank L. McGuire Library.
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Facebook the Custom House SHOP for gifts with an extra feel good factor -- when you shop with us your purchases support our exhibitions, & educational programs.
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Photo: we were thrilled to find this 1861 engraving of the 4th of Robert Mills' 1833-era New England Custom Houses. All four were built on basically the same design but modified to fit their specific sites. The New London, CT, New Bedford & Newburyport, MA, examples are still standing. But the custom house built in Middletown, CT, the subject of this engraving, was demolished in 1918 to make way for a new post office. We have no other images of this building.
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Facebook Race Rock Lighthouse T.A. Scott built this lighthouse in the middle of the Race. Find links to the film & architects' report.
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We're on Instagram! @nlmaritime
Photo, below: We put up a new banner just in time for the Stroll.
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Have a Sparkling Day!
The Custom House Maritime Museum is open Wed.-Sun., 1-5 PM, Sat. from 10 AM- 5PM.
150 Bank Street, New London, CT 06320 | 860-447-2501
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nlmaritimesociety.org
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