Ep 30 - Two Curators Have a Gam

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Christina Brophy, Senior VP of Mystic Seaport Museum and Evelyn Ansel, Curator of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, and herself a Mystic native, join in a gam to explore how a marine museum curator comes to be. The two outline an exciting 2024 exhibition season. Go visit MSM and HMM this summer- and mention Conversations with Classic Boats!

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The powerful image from the "Entwined" exhibit at Mystic Seaport Museum( MSM) - exploring maritime history through the perspective of black and indigenous peoples

"Spineless" show at Mystic, a glass invertebrate model from a collection of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology and Boston Museum of Science objects

Herreshoff Marine Museum(HMM). Showing models of the original schooner- the yacht and the Cup that took its name

Floor level at HMM, Capt' Nat's classic keelboats; the 1870s multihull ,Amaryllis, first of its kind in America, hangs from the ceiling

Senior Vice President of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Director of Museum Galleries at MSM, Christina Connett Brophy, PhD is a lifelong sailor who loves riding the breeze on both water and land.

A third generation boatbuilder and Curator at the Herreshoff Marine Museum & America’s Cup Hall of Fame in Bristol, Rhode Island, Evelyn Ansel is preserving maritime history and loving her work.

Audio & Visual Production by Griffin Bengraff