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Voyages: Stories of America and the Sea
Your life is shaped by the sea in ways you never imagined.
Whether you live in Connecticut or Colorado, New York or New Mexico, your life is being shaped by the sea in ways you might never have imagined before. Join us on voyages across oceans, lakes, and rivers. Travel through time with us to share the experiences of immigrants, ocean traders, explorers, fishermen, artists, warriors and even vacationers.
Mystic Seaport's signature exhibition, Voyages: Stories of America and the Sea, fills all three floors of the Stillman Building (serviced by an elevator) with art, artifacts, audio and video programs illustrating how Americans have been and still are connected to the sea.
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Voyages: By the Numbers
While walking through Mystic Seaport's signature exhibition, Voyages: Stories of America and the Sea, you can't help but feel a bit overwhelmed. Two floors filled with hundreds of artifacts illuminate the many ways -- ways that perhaps were not thought of before this exhibit was developed -- that we are all intrinsically connected to the sea. Museum staff member Betsy Beach interprets the exhibit perfectly saying, "Voyages is like a picture book unfolding before your very eyes. If you're not interested in one chapter, keep walking. You're bound to find a chapter of interest."
We suggest you cozy up to a good book of a different sort this winter. Step inside Voyages and find the chapter that best illustrates your personal relationship with the sea.
- Number of broad themes in Voyages: 7
- Number of original artifacts on display (including loaned objects): 535
- Number of alligators David Crockett is riding in an advertisement for the Mystic-built clipper bearing his name (as seen on a sign inside Voyages): 2
- Number of ship models displayed : 34
- Number of Cuban immigrants depicted in the 25-foot refugee boat Analuisa: 19 (plus one dog)
- Number of blue velvet navy suits replete with drop seat pants on display: 1
- Number of scrimshaw items displayed (both decorative and practical): 110
- Number of Amphi-Crafts ever built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company: 15
- Number of Amphi-Crafts inside Voyages: 1
- Number of brothers that died aboard the US Navy cruiser USS Juneau in 1942 (as told inside Voyages): 5
- Number of video programs in exhibit: 11
- Number of video programs screened inside a shipping container: 1
- Number of other Mystic Seaport buildings with an elevator: 0
- Number of days the whaling bark Ohio was out to sea (as stated on a placard in Voyages): 1,002
- Number of days it took Sarah "Sallie" Wordell Smith (1840-1896), wife of Ohio's Captain Frederick Howland Smith, to realize she was bored while at sea: 750
- Number of years Voyages has been open: 9
- Number of hours it takes to completely explore Voyages: Numerous
- Number of ways the sea affects all of our lives: Endless
-- Erin Richard with research by the Collections Department