has one year ro march the HLF's donation, and they are actively seeking financial support from other sources. (The Curry Sark Trust, 2 Greenwich Church Sr., London, England SElO 9BG; www.currysark.org. uk; e-mail: enquiries@cutrysark.org. uk) . . . The state of North Carolina is planning a surprising move, which will allow recreational SCUBA divers to have access to the wreck site many believe is Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge, sunk in 1718 and discovered in 1997. Though it is common, and many times desirable, to make underwater shipwrecks available ro the public, this program would charge divers $500 per person and documentation of the site is not yet completed. (Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project, 3431 Arendell St, Morehead Ciry, NC 28557; 252 726-6841; www.ah.dcr.stare. nc.us/qar/) ... The Nantucket Whaling Museum reopens on 4 June 2005 after major restorations and expansion. Highlights include a resrored 1847 spermaceti candle facrory, expanded exhibition space, a sperm whale skeleron juxtaposed with a fully-rigged whaleboat, and a fully-acces-
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sible rooftop observation deck overlooking Nantucket Harbor. (15 Broad Sr., POB 1016, Nantucket, MA 02554; 508 2281894; www.n ha.org) ... Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia is offering the new Vaughan Family Maritime Scholarship, which will provide grants of $2,000 ro individuals demonstrating financial need and working roward publication in the areas of wooden sailing ships or steamboats or working roward a graduate degree in a related field of study. Applicants are welcome ro use the museum's collections in their research but are not required ro do so. Application deadline 1 November 2005. (For more info, e-mail mglod@phillyseaport.org; applications should be mailed to: Vaughan Scholarship, Independence Seaport Mu-
seum, 211 Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19106; www.phillyseaport.org) Congress has plans to turn the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum into a permanent command center for government agencies in the event of future terrorist attacks. Some of the $3 1 million allocated roward this project will be used ro renovate the aircraft carrier's pier in New York C iry. The command center would include 100,000 sq. fr. of office space with stateof-rhe-art communications systems. (Pier 86, W46rh Sr. and 12th Ave., New York, NY 10036; 212 245 0072; www.intrepidmuseum.org) ... The North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport has received, on loan, an important collection of letters and documents from 18011811 that were written at Fort Johnston, NC, by a series of post commanders. The letters show the hardships of daily life and work involved in building new structures ro improve the strategic capabiliry of the fort. (NCMM at Southport, 116 N. Howe Sr., Southport, NC 28461; 9 10 45 7-0003; www.ah.d cr.state.nc. us/sec,t,t,t tions/maritime/defaulr.hrm).
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