Updates on the Conservancy, the SS United States, and our future museum and visitor experience.
James van Kuilenburg is the SS United States Conservancy’s new Curatorial Associate. James has worked in museums big and small, archives, and libraries throughout the Mid-Atlantic. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Dickinson College. James is an award-winning researcher, author, and artist. Most recently, his research about circuses in 19th century Pennsylvania culminated in a one-person circus arts show.
Read MoreIt is said that ships are the largest things that move, and ocean liners are among the hugest of the huge. Even among them, though, the S.S. United States stands out. It’s the biggest passenger ship ever built in America, just shy of 1,000 feet long.
Read MoreWarren Jones from the SS United States Conservancy joined Drive Time with Michael Wallace to talk about a push to save a historic ocean liner.
Read MoreThe SS United States Conservancy revealed that litigation has been raised against them over a rent dispute with the ship’s current landlord – Penn Warehousing. A bench trial (where the ultimate decision is undertaken by a sole judge, rather than a jury) kicked off on Wednesday January 17, in Philadelphia's U.S. District Court.
Read MoreThe SS United States, one of the most storied ocean liners in history and an iconic symbol of America’s ingenuity, continues to be in danger over a rent dispute, but the SS United States Conservancy is now heading to court in an effort to protect the ship.
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