Hours: Thursday through Sunday from 1 to 5 PM, Saturday from 10 AM. Call 860-447-2501 or email.
The Frank L. McGuire Library is open by appointment, email.
Admission: FREE for current members, individuals with current military or USCG cadet ID and children under age 14 (with adult), admission $7 suggested donation.
New London's Custom House Maritime Museum!
Saturday, December 7, 2:30 pm & 4 pm
■ NLMS Annual Meeting (followed by Tubas at the Custom House - our Annual
Winter Celebrtion) Hear What’s Up, vote on NLMS trustees, eat cake! Saturday, December 7, at 2:30 PM.
■ Tubas at the Custom House - our Annual Winter Celebration -- it’s a Holiday Sing-a-long, with tubas! Admission by donation. Saturday, December 7 at 4 PM.
Friday, November 8, 6:30 pm
CANCELLED ■ Concert Trio: Melisa Trinidad, flute; Rachael Brown, cello; and Linda Hinz, piano have put together an all-women composers program. Admission by donation, to support the new Custom House roof.
Tuesday, November 19, 1:30 PM
■ JIBBOOM Club #1 with Captain Greg DeBrule. Greg owns Black Hawk Fishing,
in Niantic, and will talk about his life on the water. The event is FREE and open to
all. Please come and bring a friend. Sponsored by the Maco Family Fund. Tuesday,
November 19, 1:30 PM
■ Open Mic at the Museum, meets from 6-9 PM the last Sunday of the month: Share your original music, poetry, prose, stand-up, or just say what is on your mind. Open Mic welcomes performers of all kinds. You never know who will show up! Perform, or just enjoy. By donation. November 24, December 29, January 26.
■ JIBBOOM CLUB #1 meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 1:30 PM. Join us for a talk, good company, coffee & cookies. Sponsored by the Maco Family Fund, the gatherings are FREE and open to all.
■ Tours to climb HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE run year-round. The views at the top are spectacular! We meet at the lighthouse, then climb 116 steps to the lantern room – all the while learning about the 261-year history of Harbor Light, the oldest and the tallest lighthouse on Long Island Sound. Sign up online at https://harborlighthousetour.bpt.me/ or send an email to schedule your tour:[email protected]
■ Excursions to LEDGE LIGHT and RACE ROCK LIGHTHOUSE are delayed this season, due to restoration work. Please watch nlmaritimesociety.org for updates on all summer lighthouse tours & special programs.
On view through December 8
CH Community Case exhibitions
Richard Stremme: The Scrimshaw/Tattoo Connection
Collector/educator/tattoo artist Richard Stremme will share objects related to one of his many interests: the connection between/and origins of American scrimshaw and hand poke tattoo.
Rich Stremme is a teacher at Brooklyn College now living in Pennsylvania. He writes: I grew up in pre-IBM Southbury, CT, and spent lots of time in New London playing shows (at El N Gee, among others) and exploring around.
