Mel Fisher Maritime Museum

06/25/2026

First Admission at 10a Last Ticket sold at 4p --Everyday of the year.

06/05/2026

https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeology-breakthrough-pirates-of-caribbean-shipwrecks-discovered-diver-blackbeard

Scientists dodged apex predators and horrendous weather conditions to uncover a remarkable haul on the seafloor

05/25/2026

Announcing another year as a Blue Star Museum. Free admission to the museum for active duty military and their dependents now through Labor Day. Just show your active duty ID at our gront desk. Celebrate America's history with us.

05/21/2026

In the news ...

Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.

05/20/2026

Student Artists Take Note - National Funding Opportunity

Celebrating 250 years of American freedom and independence.

05/15/2026

With all the news coverage of the Henrietta Marie activities this weekend, we are posting our videos from the placing of the monument in 1993. Click this link

Archaeologists map, measure, and photograph the Henrietta Marie’s wooden hull remains. The wreck sits in 20 feet of water at New Ground Reef, 35 miles west of Key West, Florida. Only between 5-10% of the ship has survived, primarily the area of the lower stern.

05/14/2026

Join Us --Sunday evening at 5pm for this panel discussion on the merchant slav ship Henrietta Marie. Free Admission.

This program in a joint project of Stanford University, the UAS Foundation, adnd PBS TV.

05/05/2026

UPCOMING PANEL DISCUSSION
Free Admission
Please join us

05/04/2026

Many of our followers are computer gamers. Here's an article on the collaboration of game designers and historians.

What does war look like through the eyes of a child? For those far removed from conflict, it can be hard to imagine. A new narrative adventure game, We Grew Up in War, sets out to answer that question through the stories of Mak, Anna, Valerie and Melisa. Co-developed by Prague-based studio Charles G...

04/23/2026

Of interest to SCUBA divers...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will launch a long-term study tracking how an entirely new reef ecosystem develops on the SS United States from day one.