The 38th Voyage of the CHARLES W. MORGAN

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  • CHARLES W. MORGAN Today
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  • 6 August 2014Homecoming
  • New London
  • 28 July
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  • 23 July
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  • 15 July
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  • 25 June
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  • Morgan sailing

    The ship

    What did we learn from sailing a whaleship for the first time in 90 years?

  • Stories

    Find inspiration, complexity, and understanding aboard a 19th‐century ship.

  • James Taylor & bucket

    People

    Meet the many people who worked on, and learned from, the voyage.

  • Whaleboat with dockside exhibit

    Places

    Visit the Morgan's eight New England ports-of-call.

  • Morgan sailing
  • James Taylor & bucket
  • Whaleboat with dockside exhibit

Voyager voices

  • Lucy Bellwood
    A travelogue comic? Lucy Bellwood reflects on tall ship culture, authenticity, and adventure »
  • Charles Foy
    Who were 18th century ship cooks? Charles Foy explores the lives of black mariners »
  • Jason Mancini
    What does Jason Mancini learn when the Indian Mariners Project goes "before the mast"?
  • Michelle Moon
    How is this different from an ordinary museum exhibit? Michelle Moon learns by experiencing »
  • Tyler Putman
    How did 19th century sailors keep dry? Follow Tyler Putman as he investigates historical waterproof clothing »
  • Veronica Lawlor
    Is this fog a metaphor? Veronica Lawlor draws and ponders on the run to Boston »
  • A. E. Doyle
    Flat Stanley Clayton W. Morgan? Join A. E. Doyle and Stanley as they explore the Morgan and create resources for students »
  • John Bryant
    "Yeah, he said, we know tar." Come along as John Bryant finds a new perspective on Melville »
  • Jeff Bolster
    Just like being there. Relive the 38th Voyage with mariner and author Jeff Bolster »
  • Jim Taylor
    How do you get water out of the ocean? Join cooper Jim Taylor as he makes and tests a traditional wooden bucket »
  • Michael Whitney
    Like a message in a bottle. Follow the eight drifters Mike Whitney dropped in the ocean off Provincetown »
  • Evan Turk
    Why should you be excited that a historic whaleship sailed into a marine sanctuary and saw whales? Let Evan Turk draw you a picture »
  • Anne DiMonti
    "I had to wonder what the whalers would have thought of us." Follow marine biologist Anne DiMonti in search of whales »
  • Mike Vogel
    What does the Morgan have to do with Great Lakes lighthouses? Mike Vogel, keeper of the 1833 Buffalo lighthouse, explains »
  • Wyn Kelley Melville portrait
    How did Herman Melville describe the sailor's life? Ben Shattuck retraces Moby-Dick »
  • Ger Tysk
    How did a 19th century Japanese fisherman find himself on a whaleship in Massachusetts? Read Ger Tysk's story of John Manjiro »
  • Wyn Kelley
    What do you get when mix a Melville scholar and America's last whaleship? Wyn Kelley takes her Morgan experience back to the classroom »
  • Peter McCracken
    Twenty years later a Demo Squad member returns to the Morgan. Climb with Peter McCracken as he prepares for the voyage »
  • What tattoo would you get? Hester Blum started with a simple question and found much more than she expected »
  • Svati Narula
    Why would a maritime museum take its most valuable object on a sailing tour? Journalist Svati Narula figures it out »
  • Robert Wallace
    An essay becomes a book. Follow Robert Wallace's blog about his 38th Voyage experience, Moby-Dick, and the Arts »
  • Karim Tiro
    What was the life of a nineteenth-century whaleman really like? Historian Karim Tiro explores »
  • Rob Burbank
    Rob Burbank compares his voyage with the recollections of his great-uncle, Jacinto “Jesse” Costa, a 35th Voyager »
  • Vanessa Hodgkinson
    Whales Weep Not!
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