The Lilac Preservation Project has announced that Lilac, America’s only surviving steam-powered lighthouse tender located in New York Harbor, will re-open to the public on Saturday, July 24th, from 2 to 6 pm, and will be open every Saturday and Sunday through mid-October. Exhibits and performances are expected to resume in August. [Read more…] about Lilac Preservation Project Steaming Toward Re-Opening
Museum Ship Lilac
Coast Guard Auxiliary Radio Day On Cutter Lilac
The Lilac Preservation Project has announced a Coast Guard Auxiliary Radio Day & 79th Anniversary Celebration has been set for Saturday, October 20, from 1 to 5 pm. [Read more…] about Coast Guard Auxiliary Radio Day On Cutter Lilac
LILAC Season Opens With Shipwrecks Exhibit May 25th
The summer season gets underway at the museum ship Lilac with the exhibit Great Shipwrecks of New York’s ‘Great’ Lakes and The Hidden Hulks of New York Harbor, on view through July 4, 2017. The exhibit opens Thursday, May 25 with a reception that is open to the public from 6 to 9 pm with a cash bar. David White, Recreation Specialist from New York Sea Grant (NYSG) will share reflections on “The Future of Our Maritime Heritage.” [Read more…] about LILAC Season Opens With Shipwrecks Exhibit May 25th
New Exhibit of Maritime Art Open at Museum Ship Lilac
Now on view at the museum ship Lilac at Hudson River Park’s Pier 25 in New York City is “Adam Payne: Full Steam Ahead,” an exhibit of maritime art in mixed media. The exhibit continues through the end of September.
The works are inspired by Adam Payne’s love of history combined with an appreciation for everyday materials. The exhibit includes a series of life jackets begun in 2014 and sewn from old rain slickers, creating a symmetry between materials and form. These grew out of Payne’s longtime interest in nautical explorations and how places are changed by such maritime interventions. Each life jacket incorporates the name of a different “failed” explorer in a nod to this history. [Read more…] about New Exhibit of Maritime Art Open at Museum Ship Lilac
Defending NY Harbor Exhibit Opens At Museum Ship Lilac
The first exhibit of Lilac’s 2016 season is Defending New York Harbor, a selection of photographs by Richard Golden. An opening reception will be held on board Lilac on Thursday, June 16 from 5 to 7 pm. The exhibit runs through July 31st.
New York Harbor has been a prize worth attacking since the earliest days of European colonization. In the 1790s, the United States responded to threats by building massive coastal defenses around the Harbor. The Upper Bay, the Narrows, the Lower Bay, Long Island Sound and New York City’s Atlantic shore possess more surviving coastal fortifications built over a longer period of time than anywhere else in the country. The striking photographs in this exhibit show the current condition of these historic structures. [Read more…] about Defending NY Harbor Exhibit Opens At Museum Ship Lilac
Slavery Exhibit Underway At Museum Ship Lilac
Spirits of the Passage: Stories of the Transatlantic Slave Trade opens in August on board the museum ship Lilac at Hudson River Park’s Pier 25.
The exhibit covers aspects of the maritime trade in African slaves combined with profiles of slaves, former slaves, abolitionists and others whose lives were touched by the global slave trafficking industry. [Read more…] about Slavery Exhibit Underway At Museum Ship Lilac
Lilac Arts Series Launched At NYC’s Pier 25
The Lilac Arts Series, a contemporary art exhibition aboard the historic ship Lilac, will run through August 15, 2015 and focus on three themes inspired by the ship’s story – “Steam”, “Work + Labor” and “Restoration/Reinvention“. The visual art exhibition will feature the work of over 25 artists within the ship’s unique spaces, including several site-specific installations. The exhibition and events are free and open to the public.
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Lilac was built in 1933 and is America’s only surviving steam-powered lighthouse tender. Lilac is currently being restored as a unique vehicle for maritime education and community activities and is berthed at Hudson River Park’s Pier 25. [Read more…] about Lilac Arts Series Launched At NYC’s Pier 25
Historic Ship Museum Hosting First Annual Fundraiser
On Wednesday, November 12, Lilac Preservation Project will host its first fundraiser at Cercle Rouge Restaurant in Tribeca. The organization is celebrating a record-breaking year of attendance at its public arts and education programs on board the lighthouse tender Lilac at Hudson River Park’s Pier 25.
Lilac Preservation Project’s Museum Director and President, Mary Habstritt will announce plans for 2015, including launch of a capital campaign to restore the steam boilers and overhaul the ship’s systems to operate as a sustainable seafaring vessel. [Read more…] about Historic Ship Museum Hosting First Annual Fundraiser
Exhibit Highlights Historic Ships At Steamship Lilac
The museum ship Lilac has opened for the summer at Hudson River Park’s Pier 25. The exhibition Hero Project will be on view there through June 30.
With photographs by Jonathan Atkin, Hero Project is a selection from his on-going work-in-progress collaboration with dance artists aboard historic ships. His mission is to increase visibility of our maritime heritage by reaching new non-maritime audiences. In the exhibition, dancers athletically grace the gritty vessels in oversize photographs mounted throughout Lilac, from the bridge to the engine room. For more on the project, see http://www.heroproject.us [Read more…] about Exhibit Highlights Historic Ships At Steamship Lilac