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.

Schedule:

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”

Sept. 17—The Story of South Mobile, 1699-Present
Susan Rouillier, author, painter, photographer, poet

Oct. 15—Getting to the Starting Line
Laura M. Knight, Team Fight Oar Die

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