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Port Columbus Receives National Award22Jun2010The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has chosen Port Columbus as a recipient for a Leadership in History Award of Merit for the USS Water Witch Project. According to AASLH, the Leadership in History awards are given: “…to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation and interpretation of state [...] Tags: award, Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, history, Museum, navy, Water Witch
Employment Opportunity17Jun2010Director of Education and Programs Port Columbus is currently accepting applications for Director of Education and Programs. See the Employment page for full job description, requirements and applications procedure. UPDATE: This position is now closed. Tags: Job Listing
Dahlgren Howitzer lands at Port Columbus17Jun2010An original Dahlgren rifled boat howitzer arrived at Port Columbus on Wednesday, June 16, thanks to a cooperative venture involving the US Army and Navy historical branches. Curators from both branches worked to make the transfer of this howitzer from the US Artillery Museum at Fort Sill, Oklahoma to the US Navy History and Heritage [...] Tags: 1863, 1864, cannon, Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, Dahlgren, Howitzer, Museum, navy, Water Witch
MCSD Teachers Have a Blast at Port Columbus!02Jun2010Muscogee County School District teachers fired the museum’s original Civil War cannon during a Professional Learning Class today at Port Columbus. The teachers seemed to enjoy the experience immensely, and followed the gun captain’s orders quite well! Tags: cannon, Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, Education, history, Museum, navy
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About Port Columbus -- The Civil War Naval Museum:
Located in historic Columbus, Georgia on the Chattahoochee Intra-Coastal Waterway, Port Columbus is the only museum in the world dedicated to telling the complete Naval story of the American Civil War. From the ironclads to steam and sailing ships to the first successful submarines, Port Columbus has gone to great extent to raise, recover and preserve the military and technological advances of the American Civil War Navies. Welcome aboard, everyone is welcome. |
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