Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
Today, Kendra and Perry remain hard at work, aiming to wrap up the revised version of their children’s book and make it available to family and friends in mid-October. They’re also exploring how to advance on a self-published, printed-on-demand version later this year.
Read MoreGalileo TV recently unveiled a mini-documentary about the SS United States. The five-minute long piece features shipboard interviews with Conservancy President Susan Gibbs, plus an array of historic images and videos from the Conservancy’s curatorial collection.
Read MoreThe Snowflake Crystal Montage as it’s called, was made specifically for the SS United States. Commissioned for the Private Dining Room, the panel featured 17 individualized cut crystal stars (or snowflakes) set in perforated aluminum panels.
Read MoreThe SS United States was the fastest passenger liner in the world, crossing the Atlantic at the speed of a courier train. Its passengers included presidents, Salvador Dali, Walt Disney, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and many other celebrities.
Read MoreTitled “Opulent Crossings: Post War Tourism, Advertising and Design,” the panel discussion will build upon the digital exhibition’s work to examine the pivotal role America’s Flagship played as a global ambassador for the country and its brands in the post-World War II economic boom and subsequent social movements of the 1960s.
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