"I took from time with the Morgan an energized and reconceived sense of how to stage participatory projects, both within the academy and under the aegis of other cultural institutions." Hester Blum: Moon Shot "... the whaleship's grand time-traveling act taught me a great deal about how we might better invite our students and the public to engage history."
"Melville could laud the inhuman sea because he had experienced the participatory culture of sailor communities aboard ships like the Charles W. Morgan." Wyn Kelley: “Lauding the Inhuman Sea” A scholar ponders Melville's pessimism and connects it to our own time.
Michelle Moon: MORGAN38 A Modern Maritime Adventure "I wondered how the learning that might take place aboard the vessel would differ from the kinds of learning experienced by people who have visited the Morgan moored dockside at Mystic Seaport."