Inger Sheil

The smallest working lighthouse in the world: the North Queensferry lighthouse The picturesque village of North Queensferry in Scotland is home to the smallest working lighthouse in the world – the North Queensferry Harbour Light Tower. Built in 1817 by Robert Stevenson, grandfa...

A visit to "the smallest working lighthouse in the world," the 5m (16') tall North Queensferry Harbour #Lighthouse, built in 1817 by the renowned Scottish civil engineer Robert Stevenson (grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson).

#MaritimeHistory

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www.cockatooisland.gov.au/en/whats-on/... Cockatoo Island open day is on this Sunday- the perfect opportunity to explore the island and learn about its maritime heritage. I’ll be speaking about RMS Queen Mary’s conversion to HMT Queen Mary in World War 2. #maritimehistory

A white tower rises from a white stone building. Two figures, perhaps a woman and a child, are walking past. Other white buildings are in the background. The sky is a clear blue. The color scheme suggests the intense sunlight, to the extent that the buildings are almost washed out.

#LighthouseArt of the Day

Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. (British, 1845-1932), The #lighthouse, #Algiers, 1926, pencil and #watercolor.

Private collection, via Christie's, christies.com

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#art #artsky #EuropeanArt #BritishArt

Explore First Nations culture with FREE workshops! 🌿

🖌️Dot painting with Nioka Lowe-Brennan
🗓️Wednesdays 16 & 23 April, 10am - 2pm

🕉️Afternoon Yoga with Aunty Jacqui Jarrett
🗓️Thursdays 17 & 24 April, 4pm

www.sea.museum/en/whats-on/events/first-nations-workshops

#FirstNationsArt #FreeWorkshops

Our Head of Knowledge Dr. Peter Hobbins joined a forum on history convened by Museum of History NSW
and facilitated by esteemed journalist Ray Martin.

Discussions spanned the past, present & future of history.

📷 © Joshua Morris for MHNSW

I’m delving into the archives to share some stories about the sinking…and what happened after. #maritimehistory #titanic #shipwrecks

NY trip photo dump! "Jazz-Age Silks: The Stehli Silks Americana Collection, 1925–1928" at the @metmuseum.org:

The women lighthouse keepers who saved countless lives from coast to coast For generations, women have been operating lighthouses across the country, saving lives and keeping history. John Yang reports from the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the U.S. Pacific coa...

A portion of a recent #PBS broadcast telling the story of women #lighthouse keepers in the US. Hundreds of women have served at the country's lighthouses over the years; around 200 of them have been primary keepers.

#WomensHistoryMonth #MaritimeHistory

I've been waiting for this!

Perfection!

After years of work, the Spectacle Reef Light Station's restoration is nearing completion "Every single person that's ever come out there to work ends up falling in love with the place," said Patrick McKinstry, president of the Spectacle Reef Preservation Society.

The years-long #restoration of the 1874 Spectacle Reef #Lighthouse on the #Michigan shore of #LakeHuron is nearing completion.

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#MaritimeHistory #GreatLakes

Although this is a gorgeous sunny day in Dorset, whenever I see depopulated seascapes with groynes I have a delicious frisson of fear thinking of M.R. James’s Sussex seaside stories . A solitary figure wearing fluttery white in the distance would fit right in…

Were Olympic and Titanic badly-built ships, suffering from intrinsic weaknesses because of carelessness or conspiracy? Find the answers in this week's episode.

youtu.be/Tn1dFzoRdGc

#Titanic #rmstitanic #rmsolympic #whitestarline #conspiracies #maritimehistory #history #oceanliner #harlandandwolff

A two-story wooden house with gabled windows and a mansard roof stands on a large masonry foundation. A short square tower topped with an iron lantern and a surrounding walkway rises from the front section of the roof. People are standing inside the lantern room and on the walkway. A US flag flies from a pole to the left of the lighthouse. A high bridge with cars driving back and forth is in the background, and the calm, deep-blue water of the harbor is in the foreground. The sky is mostly cloudy, with patches of blue.

A joint project by the Rose Island #Lighthouse (👇) and the Fort Hamilton Trust in #RhodeIsland is studying the island's environmental, maritime, military, and #Indigenous history; exhibits will be held starting in September.

My 📸, October 2018

www.newportthisweek.com/articles/lon...

#museumsky

Intrigued by shiny objects…

We could play “cat or archaeologist?” - “loves investigating old boxes” “enjoys the great outdoors”

Friday Flashback! ⛵️ Check out this incredible shot of BRITANNIA's crew during the "Queen of the Waves" race. 18ft skiff racing was a huge spectacle in Sydney, and this annual charity event featured women sailors! A real slice of harbour history.

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#SydneyHarbour

My sister is an archaeologist. The biggest fan of her profession is her cat - apparently post-excavation boots are ambrosia for felines #archaeology #justcatthings

Ulster County Celebrates Women’s History Month - Hudson Valley Press KINGSTON – The Ulster County Clerk’s Office is proud to announce the latest installment in its Historical Profiles series in honor of Women’s History Month. A new exhibit panel celebrating the life an...

In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, the Ulster County Office Building in Kingston, #NewYork, is hosting an exhibit on the life and work of Catherine Ann Murdock, keeper of the Rondout Creek #Lighthouse on the #HudsonRiver from 1857 to 1907.

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#MaritimeHistory

Here’s to better times!.

Come and visit some day, Bill - we’ll organise a tour of historic harbour sites.

#typicalhistorian just hanging out on the harbour.

Women Lighthouse Keepers in Britain From Elizabeth Wilding (told to keep a lighthouse not a pub) to Scotland's Retained Lighthouse Keepers now, these are the women of the lights

A great blog post on women #lighthouse keepers in #Britain from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

#WomensHistoryMonth #MaritimeHistory

Join us & discover Titanic survivor Lillian Bentham's account of courage, loss, & the unbreakable will to survive.

youtu.be/MwO1urc8beI

#rmstitanic #titanic #history #whitestarline #oceanliner

This exhibition unlocked memories of the stories my father told me about the night the attack happened. He heard a distant rumbling and explosions he thought were thunder, but his father - a World War 1 vet - told him “that’s not thunder.” #navalhistory #maritimehistory

On this day 26 March 2012 James Cameron made history, piloting the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER to the deepest point in the ocean!
Watch the full story here: sea.museum/james-cameron

#DeepSeaChallenge #JamesCameron #OceanExploration #DeepDive #Sydney

Today Splash! opens. designmuseum.org/.../splash-a.... Implicitly the London exhibition connects maritime safety & gender: Annette Kellerman. ‘Don’t women have the right to save themselves from drowning when men aren’t around to protect them?'

Watch out later for my article on pre-1900 shipwrecked women passengers & crew who swam to safety . bit.ly/LRFHECwomen

Lights of Sydney Harbour as photographed on a recent day messing about in boats #sydneyharbour #pilelights

My final day out at Cockatoo Island and, as a fine sight for a Summer morning, the Queen Elizabeth is alongside the Overseas Passenger Terminal