One of many New World’s oldest shipwrecks, Civil Battle-era emancipation in Key West, and the invention of two fabled sunken Spanish galleons shall be highlighted throughout a winter lecture sequence on the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum.
Scheduled every Tuesday from Jan. 28 via Feb. 25, the lectures start at 6:30 p.m. on the museum, situated at 200 Greene St. The museum is a middle for the excavation, preservation, analysis and exhibition of New World maritime artifacts.
Its assortment of Seventeenth-century maritime and shipwreck antiquities consists of treasure and artifacts from the Spanish galleons Nuestra Señora de Atocha and Santa Margarita, sunk in 1622, and objects from the English service provider slave ship Henrietta Marie, misplaced in 1700. The heritage of the three vessels, every found and excavated in waters off Key West below the auspices of museum founder Mel Fisher, is chronicled within the facility’s everlasting exhibitions.
The lecture sequence begins Tuesday, Jan. 28, with a exhibiting of the mini-documentary “Earlier than Juneteenth: Florida’s Emancipations.” The movie is paired with commentary about Key West’s distinctive position within the mid-1800s evolution of emancipation by Corey Malcom, lead historian for the Florida Keys Historical past Heart and the museum’s longtime director of archaeology.
The next Tuesday, Feb. 4, will characteristic scholar, artist and activist Dinizulu Gene Tinnie, discussing the Cuban slaving vessel Amistad, its seizure by captured Africans and its relevance to the maritime slave commerce. The commerce — together with Key West’s place within the U.S. Navy’s anti-slavery efforts — is examined within the museum’s “Spirits of the Passage” exhibit.
A uncommon Sixteenth-century shipwreck takes middle stage Tuesday, Feb. 11, when Malcom guides a casual tour of a brand new exhibit titled “Uncovering the Santa Clara.” Malcom, who led the museum’s staff that recognized and excavated the 1564 vessel, additionally plans to show Santa Clara artifacts throughout a behind-the-scenes tour of the power’s conservation laboratory. Registration is required; go to ticketleap.occasions/tickets/maritimemuseum/collections-insights-the-santa-clara-insider-tour.
Carol Tedesco, writer of “Treasure Cash of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha & the Santa Margarita” and different shipwreck-related books and archaeological “thriller” articles, will converse Tuesday, Feb. 18. With a give attention to silver cash and different intriguing artifacts, she is going to focus on the similarities and variations in Spanish Colonial shipwreck cargoes based mostly on yr, geography and twists of destiny.
Lastly, a presentation by members of the “golden crew” that discovered and recovered the 1622 sunken galleons Atocha and Margarita is scheduled Tuesday, Feb. 25. Tom Ford, Syd Jones, Andy Matroci and Vince Trotta will share their private recollections of one of many best discoveries of Spanish colonial sunken treasure on this planet.
Admission to all lectures is free, however seating is restricted.Extra data is at melfisher.org.