Connecticut River Foundation At Steamboat Dock Inc

INTRODUCING DIALOGIC INTERPRETIVE METHODS AT THE CONNECTICUT RIVER MUSEUM TO DIVERSIFY AND EXPAND APPROACHES TO INCLUSIVE STORY SHARING [THE CONNECTICUT RIVER MUSEUM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERPRETIVE TOUR CONTENT ALIGNED WITH THE HISTORY OF ESSEX TO BE EXPLORED IN TWO OF THE MUSEUM?S BUILDINGS, THE HISTORIC STEAMBOAT DOCK AND THE HISTORIC LAY HOUSE. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS THREEFOLD: (1) TO DEVELOP AN INTERPRETIVE PLAN FOR THE LAY HOUSE, A SITE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN OPEN FOR PUBLIC TOURS; (2) TO DEVELOP WITHIN STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS A COMFORT WITH THE DIALOGIC APPROACH TO GIVING TOURS; AND (3) TO PREPARE STAFF TO LEAD TOURS OF A PLANNED 2026 EXHIBIT WHICH, IN CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, WILL EXPLORE THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BLACK AND INDIGENOUS FOLKS WHO WORKED IN MARITIME INDUSTRIES ALONG THE CONNECTICUT RIVER BETWEEN THE AGE OF SAIL AND THE AGE OF STEAM.]

BRITISH RAID ON PETTIPAUG (ESSEX) SITE IDENTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION - EXTENSION