08/31/2026
THIS THURSDAY: THE BATTLE THAT CHANGED NAVAL WARFARE - https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/event/history-after-hours-first-battle-of-the-ironclads-uss-monitor-versus-css-virginia-with-michael-manning/
On March 9, 1862, two radically different warships met at Hampton Roads, Virginia. When USS Monitor faced CSS Virginia, their historic clash became the first battle between ironclad warships and helped signal the end of the age of wooden fighting ships.
Join us this Thursday evening, September 3, at the American Heritage Museum for History After Hours: First Battle of the Ironclads, featuring Senior Docent and historian Michael Manning.
Through historic images, maps, and firsthand accounts, Manning will explore the remarkable transformation of USS Merrimack into the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, the revolutionary design of USS Monitor, the dramatic Battle of Hampton Roads, and the technological revolution in naval warfare that followed.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Museum Open: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Presentation: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
American Heritage Museum | Hudson, Massachusetts
Included with standard museum admission. American Heritage Museum members are admitted FREE.
Join the American Heritage Museum for a special History After Hours presentation exploring one of the most consequential encounters in American naval history—a story with important origins here in Massachusetts. Museum Hours: 5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. | Presentation: 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. The Boston N...
