Events

Discover Franklin Buchanan. Why did he become the school’s first Superintendent & why is the Superintendent’s House no longer named for him?
Additionally, explore how & why the Naval Academy was established in Annapolis.

Delve into the chantey tradition including who sang them and when and why they sung. Enjoy an overview of the lyrical content of chanteys in archival and published collections.

As one of the most extraordinary maps of colonial English America, it pictures the Mid-Atlantic in breathtaking detail, capturing its waterways, coastlines, and communities. Trace the map's Atlantic journey and hear what it reveals about colonial Maryland.

Photographs and stories from trips up and down the Atlantic's east coast from commercial fisheries in Florida to the Canadian Maritimes. Enjoy photograph collections of Atlantic Sea Scallop, lobster, large coastal sharks, and squid.

Overcoming initial misunderstandings, petty jealousies, and continuing differences over priorities, scientists and engineers on both sides of the Atlantic found new and often ingenious ways to work together.

Robert Smalls' life was one of accomplishment. Starting enslaved, then American politician, publisher, businessman, and maritime pilot. Hear the thrilling tale of how Smalls freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil War by commandeering a Confederate ship and sailing it from Confederate-controlled waters to freedom.

Tobacco was foundational to shaping life in the Lord Baltimore's colony. Explore insights into the yearly "Tobacco Fleet" that brought goods and carried tobacco across the Atlantic. Learn about the remains of an actual 17th- century English tobacco ship discovered using historical research and archaeology.

The U.S. Naval Academy is now facing one of its greatest challenges ever: overcoming the challenge of local sea level rise and climate change stressors. Hear about observations of historic flooding events at USNA and the work of the Sea Level Rise Advisory Council, a group formed in 2015 to gather data and forecast future mitigation actions.