DIGITAL EXHIBITIONS
The Conservancy maintains a growing collection of SS United States documents, images, artifacts, and other historical materials. Our extensive collections will be showcased in our dynamic land based museum in Okaloosa County. Our digital exhibits showcase the rich history of the SS United States to people across the world.
Our historical collection, and the digital exhibitions they support, help individuals connect with the SS United States in more personal ways, facilitate research initiatives, and prompt thought provoking conversations between supporters both new and old. Do you have materials you would like to donate to our collections? Email info@ssusc.org or calling (888) 488-7787.
Food Tastes Better at Sea
Food and Dining Aboard the SS United States
May 2025
The SS United States was internationally renown for its cuisine. Sharing never-before-seen artifacts and objects from the Conservancy's collections, this exhibit explores all aspects of the dining experience on the SS United States. Using cutting edge technologies, teams of hardworking crew members prepared thousands of meals per day, making memories that have lasted generations. Post-war cultural and political changes shaped the cuisine, introducing Americans to new international foods, and immigrants to American fare. From the grand dining rooms down to the toothpicks and napkins, you'll learn how passengers feasted on the seas.
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TRANSATLANTIC TRAILBLAZERS
The Women Behind The Art & Engineering of the SS United States
March 2022
The SS United States was far more than the fastest passenger liner to ever cross the Atlantic. America's Flagship was also a global ambassador for her namesake nation and its "We Can Do It!" spirit in the wake of the Second World War.
Women played a leading role in the country's wartime economy, and their impact was felt across a wide range of industries, including shipbuilding. The unprecedented mass production of ships for the war effort, including Gibbs & Cox's vaunted Liberty Ships, opened up new work opportunities for women. Women continued to play pioneering roles in the art, design and decor or the SS United States.
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ADVERTISING THE UNITED STATES
Discovering America’s Flagship through Prints, Posters and Advertisements
April 2021
Since her maiden voyage in 1952, the SS United States has been an icon of American culture and a global ambassador for her namesake nation. She is also closely associated with the dawn of the Ad Age.
"Advertising the United States” explores the connections between the historic ocean liner, the evolution of consumer advertising, and American ideals and identity.
Our curatorial team developed a one-of-a-kind experience that offer visitors a look at the intricate, exciting, and oftentimes beautiful visualizations of the SS United States in advertising. The digital exhibition also explores how these advertisements shape our understanding, experience, and memory of the SS United States by taking us aboard the "American Dream."