Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea

Mystic Seaport Museum is a collaborating partner in Reimagining New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty and Freedom, a Mellon Foundation-funded Just Futures project with Brown University and Williams College. Some highlights of the project include publications and educational programming; however, the culminating event of the project will be an exhibition hosted at Mystic Seaport Museum. The exhibition titled Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea will tell the maritime history of New England through Black and Indigenous peoples, voices, and perspectives. Scheduled to open in early 2024, this exhibition has been a collaborative effort with local tribal nations, Indigenous professionals and scholars, Black institutions, Black professionals and scholars, and Indigenous and Black artists. We endeavor to foreground these voices in the telling of New England’s maritime history and plan to continue to actively engage with Black and Indigenous communities beyond the scope of the project.