Cruiser Olympia at Independence Seaport Museum

10/24/2024

One week away! Make sure to join us on Independence Seaport Museum

09/20/2024

Hello! We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to follow and interact with OLYMPIA’s pages over the years. Your support and enthusiasm for OLYMPIA have been critical in celebrating its history and helping introduce the ship to a new audience.

With that being said, the museum has made the decision to stop the usage of both the OLYMPIA and BECUNA'S pages. In an effort to consolidate, all of the historic ship information you loved here will instead be shared on our main page. The ship's pages will remain up, and previous posts and photos will still be visible, but commenting, tagging, and posting will stop on October 31st. If you do not already, we encourage you to follow Independence Seaport Museum’s page, where we will still continue to share updates on the ships, including projects and programming, plus important dates in history related to their service.

12/18/2023

🚨Morning Alert 🚨

The Independence Seaport Museum will be operating on a delayed opening today. We will update you as more information becomes available.

12/09/2023

Good luck to the Navy Athletics' Midshipman as they take on the Army West Point Football's Black Knights in today's Army-Navy game.

This year marks the 124th time this game has been played. Among the storied history, something interesting to note is that recently, both teams started changing their uniforms annually to honor their respective branches. In 2023, the Navy uniform will pay tribute to the U.S Submarine Force (you can read more about it here: https://armynavygame.com/news/2023/11/20/navy-athletics-and-under-armour-unveils-2023-army-navy-football-game-uniform).

Go Navy, Beat Army! ⚓

11/18/2023

Members from the XV Brigada Internacional (Re-Constituted) living history group were aboard today to talk about Philadelphia’s support for the Republican Forces during the Spanish Civil War. Their portrayals include the American Medical Bureau, Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, and members of Philly’s radical labor movement.

10/11/2023

10/10/2023

Once a flagship, always a flagship.

This morning, the crew of Olympia were honored to host Rear Admiral Sean Bailey as part of Navy Week 2023. Rear Admiral Bailey was toured through the ship by ISM President and CEO Peter Seibert.

Over 100 years later and admirals still walk her decks.

08/24/2023

Chiefs and petty officers from NRC Fort Dix were aboard today for a volunteer day cleaning Olympia. We toured them through both Olympia and Submarine Becuna at Independence Seaport Museum afterwards and are looking forward to them returning in September for the selectee event.

08/12/2023

Our Living History Crew was aboard today to talk with guests and demonstrate a gun drill using one of Olympia’s 6 lbrs.

07/19/2023