Our Threatened Heritage

America’s visual maritime heritage is in danger.

• Many museums display less than 1% of the marine works in their collections

• Few have the resources to properly image and document their marine works

• Many museums and collectors are deaccessioning and breaking up their collections for sale.

• Many important works will never be shared with the public or properly conserved.

• Many works held in private collections are lost each year to damage.

We want to combat this neglect of our history by:

• Sending mobile imaging and documentation teams to museums and collectors

• Imaging and documenting each artwork to cultural heritage preservation standards

• Restoring, either physically or digitally, as many works as possible

• Sharing our records with the public through virtual and national traveling exhibitions

• Creating exhibitions to share the works with the public