Andrea Doria Lost in Collision
Sixty-seven years ago tonight, on July 25, 1956 at 11:10 PM, the Swedish liner MS Stockholm collided with the SS Andrea Doria, which was en route to New York. The subsequent rescue of the Doria's passengers was one of the most dramatic and well-documented in sea history. Watch this newsreel courtesy of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library to see the dramatic footage. The museum's exhibition Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea remains on view through September 3, and you can watch survivor Pierette Domenica Simpson's docufilm Andrea Doria: Are The Passengers Saved? The Movie tomorrow, Wednesday, 7/26 at 6:00 AM on CUNY-TV (set your DVRs, channel 75 on Spectrum and Optimum, or channel 30 on Verizon FiOS).
Please note that the museum will be CLOSED on Saturday, May 6 so that we can host a private reunion of Andrea Doria survivors and their families. However, you will have more time to see the Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea exhibition as we're pleased to announce that its run has been extended through September 3.
Below is a newsreel courtesy of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library showing the arrival of Andrea Doria's survivors and their reunion with their families at the French Line's Pier 88 in Manhattan on July 26, 1956.
Andrea Doria: Are The Passengers Saved? The Movie Moyer Expeditions LLC
Sixty-six years ago tonight, on July 25, 1956 at 11:10 PM, the Swedish liner MS Stockholm collided with the SS Andrea Doria, which was en route to New York. The subsequent rescue of the Doria's passengers was one of the most dramatic and well-documented in sea history. Watch this newsreel courtesy of the Sherman Grinberg Film Library to see the dramatic footage.
To mark the anniversary, the museum is open today from 12 to 5 PM, with free admission, so that people can view the new exhibition Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea.
Visit Staten Island New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Moyer Expeditions LLC Andrea Doria: Are The Passengers Saved? The Movie Pierette Simpson
Maritime historian Bill Miller will talk about the SS Andrea Doria and the other glamorous ocean liners of the 20th century during the FREE Lecture - The Floating Palaces: Those Great Atlantic Liners on Saturday, July 23 at 2 PM. The museum's new Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea exhibition heavily focuses on the great beauty, artistry, and midcentury aesthetic of the flagship of the Italian Line. The Doria sailed past the shores of Staten Island 100 times during her transatlantic crossings between 1953 and 1956. Below is footage of her arriving in New York Harbor on her maiden voyage, which the Sherman Grinberg Film Library graciously allowed us to use in the exhibition.
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Nellie Bly: Around the World in 72 Days
History buff Gerard Thornton returns to the museum to present the story of 25-year-old New York World reporter Nellie Bly, whose voyage on the luxury ocean liner SS Augusta Victoria in 1889 marked the beginning of a 72-day journey around the world.
NOW: Murder on the High Seas of Staten Island
Murder on the High Seas of Staten Island, a pre-recorded online lecture by Historian Patricia Salmon. Staten Island was not the quiet place that people thought it was in years gone by. On May 12, 1889, Mary Tobin’s remains mysteriously washed up at the dock of the Clifton Boat Club. Two years later a man’s body was discovered bound and gagged floating off of Tottenville. From South Beach to West New Brighton, the waters around Staten Island and its surrounding coastline have yielded some disturbing secrets.
In “Murder on the High Seas of Staten Island,” historian Patricia M. Salmon presents several of the most meticulously researched murders and mysteries that have occurred in and around the bays, harbors, and inlets of our borough.
Haenyeo: Matriarchs of the Sea
Co-founder of the Chosun Taekwondo Academy Patty Cook takes a close look at the Haenyeo, sea women, of Jeju Island, South Korea who hold their breath while diving 40 feet into the Yellow and East China Seas. Often referred to as mermaids, the divers catch urchins, abalone, and red sea cucumber from the ocean floor in wet suits without oxygen tanks. Many of the sea women are now in their 70s and 80s, and follow traditions, such as free-diving and singing work songs, that date back to 1629. The program culminates with Korean musicians in traditional costume performing a sea song about the light of the sunset in green-blue water as they return from a day in the deep.
This program is supported by public funds from Councilman Borelli of District 51 and the New York City Council in partnership with the Department for the Aging. It originally premiered in collaboration with the JCC for its members earlier this year.
Mabel Normand & Sailors’ Snug Harbor
