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:

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

Nov. 19—U.S. Navy during the American Revolution Randy Myers

Dec. 17—Christmas at Sea John Sledge, maritime historian-in-residence

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