Past Events
2013 Lecture Series
April 11th
Laurence Shallenberger
World War II: SS Ohio & the Relief of Malta - Video
March 28th
Shanna Castanie, Buffalo Marine Services & Amy Arrowood, J.A.M Distributing Company
”Charting a Successful Maritime Career” - Video
March 18th
Thomas Gillette
“Reflections on December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor” – Video
February 28th
Karl & Kristofer Schroder, Schroder Marine Services, Inc.
“Charting a Successful Maritime Career”
February 21st
Dr. Stephen Curley, Author
“The Ship That Would Not Die” – Video
January 24th
Steve Nelson, Houston Pilot & Jason Tieman, Port Vision’s Director of Maritime Operations
“Charting a Successful Maritime Career”
January 15th
Alan Sumrall, Author
“Old Hoodoo” The Battleship Texas: America’s 1st Battleship 1895-1911 - Video
2012 Events
October 25th
“HMM Love Boat Cruise”
Kirby Inland Marine M/V Observer
July 26th
“Bonohomme Richard vs Serapis: Flamborough Head 1779″
Book Release & Presentation with Author Mark Lardas
June 28th
“Treasures of the Gulf”
St. Arnold’s Brewery
March 17th
Museum Siting Ceremony
The Sam Houston Pavilion at the Port of Houston
2012 Lecture Series
December 13th
Andrew Hall, Author
“The Galveston-Houston Packet: Steamboats on Buffalo Bayou” - Video
November 8th
Eric Young, HMM Docent
The Off-Beat Traveler: Cruise by Cargo Ship - Video
October 18th
Laurence Shallenberger, HMM Docent
Captain Joshua Slocum: Around the World Alone - Video
September 13th
Burt Reckles, Maritime Miniaturist
The History of Ships-in-Bottles: Art…Craft…Crazy – Video
August 21st
Loren Steff
“The Man Who Thought Like a Ship” - Video
July 19th
John Milligan
The SS United States: America’s 1st & Last Superliner - Video
June 23rd
Dr. Sara Massey
Vietnamese Fishing Communities of the Texas Gulf Coast
May 17th
Edward T. Cotham, Jr.
Battle of the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston
April 17th
Dr. Cyrus Mody, Rice University History Department
Disaster, Safety, and Innovation on the High Seas before and after the Titanic - Video
March 22nd
Tammy Lobaugh, Director, Texas Maritime Academy, Texas A&M University at Galveston
From War to Reef: The Illustrious Life of the Texas Clipper - Video
February 16th
Walter Hansen, wooden ship restoration Specialist
Saving the Hanne Frank: A 1942 Danish Fishing Boat in Houston - Video
January 26th
Captain Mitch Schacter, Director, Maritime Program, San Jacinto College:
A Sea of Opportunities: Maritime Careers Today - Video
