GulfChats

Each month, National Maritime Museum of the Gulf joins up with a speaker to give an informative FREE seminar about a maritime-related topic.

The GulfChats take place on the third Thursday of the month, at noon, in the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf.

Order some food from our cafe HERE for pickup and eat it while enjoying the GulfChat.

Schedule:

December 18—Deanne Stephens, Co-Director, Center for the Study of the Gulf South, University of Southern Mississippi
Topic: The Mississippi Gulf Coast Seafood Industry.

Jan. 15—The Battle of Vigo Bay: Fire and Silver on the Spanish Coast
John Sledge, NMMOG

Feb. 19—The Shipwrecks of Northwest Florida
Della Scott-Ireton, Associate Director, Florida Public Archaeology Network. University of West Florida

Mar. 19—This Southern Metropolis: Life in Antebellum Mobile
Mike Bunn, Director Blakeley Historic State Park

April 16—Topic TBA
Amy Mitchell-Cook, Historian, University of West Florida

May 21—A Yankee Does Good: Stirring Gumbo, Raising Ruckus, and Cleaning Water
Roberta Swann, retired director Mobile Bay National Estuary Program

June 18—Onstage with Lucy Buffett
John Sledge, maritime historian-in-residence in conversation with Lucy Buffett, author, entrepreneur, chef

July 16—Special America 250th GulfChat: The Revolution on the Gulf Coast
John Sledge, maritime historian-in-residence, in conversation with Mike Bunn, author of The Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South during America’s Revolutionary Era

Aug. 20—Seeking the Good Kind of Fear: Cam Marston’s Story of Paddleboarding Across Mobile Bay
Cam Marston, Host Alabama Public Radio’s “Keepin’ It Real”

A big thank you to Brian Margavich for filming our Gulf Chat series.