New Hampshire Public Radio

A CT museum exhibit aims to tell stories of the sea through Indigenous and Black perspectives

“Wail on Whalers, a Portrait of Amos Haskins” by Felandus Thames, an “homage to escaped enslaved people who found autonomy in whaling,” is comprised of hairbeads strung on coated wire. The piece is ...
The Boston Globe

Mystic Seaport Museum set for major expansion

The Mystic Seaport Museum is set to expand in a big way, converting an old velvet mill to exhibit the Connecticut museum’s sprawling collection of small boats. The $15 million renovation, expected to ...
Forbes

‘Freedom, Sovereignty, And The Sea’ At Mystic Seaport Museum

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. The Atlantic Ocean connects indigenous people along the coast of what is ...
WUFT

Indigenous and Black people tell their own stories at the Mystic Seaport Museum

“Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty and the Sea” at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut explores Indigenous and African ties to the waterways of New England. The exhibition calls on visitors to think ...
Hyperallergic

The Sacred Waterways of Black and Indigenous Communities

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WBUR

A Conn. museum exhibit aims to tell stories of the sea through Indigenous and Black perspectives

As Akeia de Barros Gomes walks through an exhibit at Mystic Seaport Museum, she points out fishing decoys and displays of maritime navigational skills. There are also traditional Indigenous and ...