 |
|
|
|
|
Museum staff gets fire extinguisher training28Jul2011As part of the museum’s mission to make the facility not only educational and entertaining, but also a safe place, the entire staff of the museum took live fire extinguisher training last Friday. In the photo, front desk worker Helen Vinson is putting out a live fire during her turn. 
Get “Parafied” with the Alabama Paranormal Research Team!22Jul2011(Click to enlarge) Parafied: Overnight Ghost Hunting Class – July 30, 2011 (With the Alabama Paranormal Research Team) Join the Alabama Paranormal Research Team at The National Civil War Naval Museum for professional ghost hunting classes at Port Columbus. Learn how to conduct a paranormal investigation, how the equipment works and how to use it, and [...] Tags: columbus, Columbus Georgia, Georgia, ghost tours
Cool History – Inventing a New Navy20Jul2011August 6-7, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Ships with hybrid technology, composite armor and stealth design – the 21st Century Navy? Nope, the Civil War Navies. In conjunction with National Inventors’ Month, Port Columbus presents a look at inventions and technological advancements in navies both North and South during the Civil War. We’ll also take [...] Tags: Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, confederate, Georgia, history, Horace King, ironclad, Living History, Museum, Naval History, navy, Port Columbus, ship, technology
Sea Scouts finish cleanup project14Jul2011Sea Scouts and Boy Scouts from South Florida were in Columbus last weekend and worked to cleanup the Port Columbus boat shed. After a few years, much of the perimeter of the shed area had been overgrown with weeds. The boys and their adult leaders did an excellent job. While at the museum they also [...]
Cool History: Medical Mysteries Day 109Jul2011If you missed today’s Cool History program, be sure to come out tomorrow to catch day 2! 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday July 9-10 In the aftermath of an attack against the United States Government, US Military Forces have captured and killed the mastermind – and now perform a secret autopsy aboard a [...] Tags: Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, Georgia, history, Living History, Museum, Naval History, navy, Port Columbus, reenactment
Cool History: Medical Mysteries07Jul20111:00 – 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday July 9-10 In the aftermath of an attack against the United States Government, US Military Forces have captured and killed the mastermind – and now perform a secret autopsy aboard a Navy warship to positive the culprit, before an anonymous burial to prevent his grave becoming a martyr [...] Tags: Civil War, columbus, Columbus Georgia, Education, Georgia, history, Living History, Mayor Columbus, Museum, Naval History, navy, Port Columbus, reenactment, ship
|
Archives
|
|
|
|
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. |
|
