Levers, pulleys and wedges are simple machines that make our lives and sailor’s lives (and work) easier. This month, students will create mouse-trap powered cars to better explore simple machines, Newton’s three laws, acceleration and velocity. While this program is currently full, space are available on the wait list for each day. Please note— the
Levers, pulleys and wedges are simple machines that make our lives and sailor’s lives (and work) easier. This month, students will create mouse-trap powered cars to better explore simple machines, Newton’s three laws, acceleration and velocity. While this program is currently full, space are available on the wait list for each day. Please note— the
Levers, pulleys and wedges are simple machines that make our lives and sailor’s lives (and work) easier. This month, students will create mouse-trap powered cars to better explore simple machines, Newton’s three laws, acceleration and velocity. While this program is currently full, space are available on the wait list for each day. Please note— the
Levers, pulleys and wedges are simple machines that make our lives and sailor’s lives (and work) easier. This month, students will create mouse-trap powered cars to better explore simple machines, Newton’s three laws, acceleration and velocity. While this program is currently full, space are available on the wait list for each day. Please note— the
In January 1945 more than 10,000 women, children, sick, and elderly packed aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, which was evacuating German civilians in Berlin that were trapped in the Red Army’s way. After leaving port, three Soviet torpedoes struck it, inflicting catastrophic damage and throwing passengers into the frozen waters of the Baltic. Over 9,400 perished
The museum will be hosting an open house during National Take Your Child to Work Day. Stop by with your kids to participate in a number of different nautical craft activities. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
Please join the staff of the US Navy Museum and the Central Intelligence Agency Historical Collections for a special lecture, "Recovering a Secret Spy Satellite Capsule from 16,400 ft Below the Pacific Ocean, A Trieste II (DSV-1) Declassified Mission," on April 25, 2013 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm in the Museum Education Center at
Sea History advisor Dr. Joe Meany will guide participants through a new exhibition focused on the role of the city in the Second World War, perhaps one of the least understood aspects of “the war.” He consulted on the maritime portions of the exhibit and shared his research on the Port of New York in