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to witness historic shipbuilding techniques the park, such as ranger-led hikes, sa iling fi rst h and . Following completion of the or kayaki ng rrips. W hen the time at th e work, Mary E will be docked at the mu- SFMNH P h as been concluded in ea rl y seum and will be open to museum guests. A ugust, rhe i ntern will attend the all-exThe schooner will be resto red to a seawor- pense paid Leadership & Careers Workshop thy condition so she ca n travel to events up in Washington, D C, in August. (All detail s and down the coast, serving as an ambas- about the internship, qualifications, and sador of the museum and representin g the how to apply are online at www.serve.gyheritage ofBath, Ma ine, the "City of Ships." fo undation.org/african-america n-ma ri ti meIn other news from the museum, long- h is to ry- resea rch-in tern -s um m er-2 0 17. time senior curator Nathan Lipfert is SFM N HP, 499 Jefferson Street, San Franretiring in April; his successor is Anne cisco, CA; ww w.nps.gov) The Witty, who worked at the museum from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanc2000 to 2003 as curator of collections. tuary 2017 Marine Art Contest is acceptSince 2004, Witty has served as assistam ing submissions through 28 April 2017. curator of the Peary-MacMillan M useum Open to K- 12 students, thi s yea r's theme at nearby Bowdoin College. She has prior is "Ma rine Biodiversity at Stellwagen Bank experience at Mystic Seaport, the Colum- National Ma rine Sanctuary." W inning bia River Maritime M useum, and the W in- entries will be fea wred on SBNMS website terthur M useum, and has held consulting and in outreach. (www.stellwage n.noaa. positions, fello wships, and internsh ips at gov) ... Young artists (ages 16-23) can museums across the US and Euro pe. Fair also submit works to the Youth Marine Winds in retirement to N ath an Lipfert. Artist Search competition, organized by (MMM, 243 Washington Street, Bath, the American Society of Marine Artists. M E; Ph. 207 443 -1 316; www.mainemari- D eadline for submission is 15 June. D etails timemuseum.org) ... A $4.75 million are posted online at w ww.am ericansoci fundraising campaign is underway in etyofmarineartists.com.) ... The Schooner Jackson County, Mississippi, to build a Ernestina-Morrissey Association, Inc. maritime museum in the annex of the (SEMA) recently announced the receipt old Pascagoula High School. Planners of a $375,000 one-to-one challenge grant hope to start construction of the Missis- from the Manton Foundation. The fundsippi M aritime M useum by the end of the ing will support the fi nal stage of the th reeyear, with the fund ra ising campaign con- yea r, $6.3 million-dollar res toration of the tinuing on for the next fi ve years. The future 1894 schoon er Ernestina-Mo rrissey. The museum will interpret the rich shipbuild- Ernestina-M orrissey is a N ational Historic ing heritage of the region, exploring com- Landmark Vessel and the Official Vessel of mercial fisheries and shipping and Mississippi 's long history building ships fo r the US Navy. (MMM, POB 243, 611 Dupont Ave., Pascago ula, MS; ms mmuseum@ gmail.com; www. msmaritimemuseum.org) ... Applications are being accepted for the African American Maritime History Research summer internship at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park The intern would work to compile a body of resea rch and to develop a preliminary interpretive progra m, which would be further developed by rangers and used by outreach staff. The intern would also act as a park and museum ambassador to sev- lhe schooner E rnes tina-Morrissey is uneral yo uth gro ups. The intern wo uld be dergoing a fu ll restoration at Boothbay working in the SFMN HP library with Harbor Shipyard in Maine. 7his view is several opporrun ities to participate in edu- looking forward from the transom. lhe aft cational and recreational programs through "deck beams" are just temporary bracing. SEA HISTORY 15 8, SPRING 201 7