A sampling of museum events from May 2010-August 2011

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One of our best docents, Laurence, gives an orientation to the Plenty 9ner tour. Other docents, Steve Dittrich and Charlie Cozewith, gave great tours as well.

The Cubscouts are creative in their ship designs as they hand craft and paint model ships for their program.

Ben gives a brief orientation before breaking the group up to go on the tour. The kids really get into marine history and industry when we relate it to things that they know.

The kiddos enjoy a tour of the Oil and Gas Room.

Held at the Houston Maritime Museum, this lecture on the history of weaponry was a fascinating study in the evolution of military technology.

Hosted by the West Columbia Library, we had a great time showing the kids from Miss Missy’s Day Care the development of ships & piracy over time. We use hands-on lessons where the kids get to experience what it is like to work together as a pirate band to accomplish their goals. In this case Ben, the master swordsman, was taken down by a cross-bow bolt from a 7 year old.

We welcome the new addition to our Port of Houston room, PortVision. This computer based exhibit allows visitors to watch ports all over the world in real time. Tracked by satellites, all of the activities of the ports are a mere mouse click away.

Our Docents Charlie and Burt sit by as the kids share what they learned and liked from the tour of the museum.

Keegan and the reenactor’s joke as they deliver possibly the best presentation to date. They also provided Roman style food for the audience to enjoy.

This time the Romans bring a Greek to explain the development of the Trireme, a three rowed war galley.