DIGITAL EXHIBITIONS

The Conservancy maintains a growing collection of SS United States documents, images, artifacts, and other historical materials. We have also conducted an exhaustive preservation inventory of fixtures and shipboard components remaining aboard the vessel. While there are plans underway for a dynamic future shipboard museum that will explore the SS United States’ unique design and history, we currently bring our collection to the public with our digital exhibitions.

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. You can donate the the Conservancy’s collection by emailing info@ssusc.org or calling (888) 488-7787.

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."

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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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Food Tastes Better at Sea

Dining Aboard the SS United States

Coming Soon!

Drawing on holdings from the Conservancy’s extensive collection, the exhibition will highlight aspects of food culture, memory, history, and technology, including differences in cuisine among the classes, how food was part of the growing competition with the airline industry, and how the SS United States utilized new technologies to store and prepare food at sea.