Rehousing, retreating, and re-evaluation: The Ronson Ship as both a Museum Collection and an Archaeological Asset
Author(s): Hannah P. Fleming
Year: 2020
Summary
This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
The Ronson ship was excavated from a New York City block in 1982. A portion of the vessel and its fill contents were recovered and transferred to The Mariners’ Museum and Park, in Newport News, Virginia, for conservation and eventual display, but in 1987 conservation was suspended. Recently, renewed interest in the collection and the publication of a book on the excavation and archaeology of the ship has led to a reevaluation of the collection and a renewed look into the stories that the artifacts may tell us. In turn, over the last three years, Museum personal have developed a new plan to complete the conservation of the collection. This paper highlights the most recent evaluation and cataloging efforts, the project’s rehousing and conservation plan, and the remaining archaeological research questions to be answered.
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Rehousing, retreating, and re-evaluation: The Ronson Ship as both a Museum Collection and an Archaeological Asset. Hannah P. Fleming. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457130)
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Keywords
General
collections care
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maritime museum
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museum archaeology
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1700-1750
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 862