✨EVENING LECTURE✨ Conservation of USS Monitor ⚓️ 🗓️ Thursday, May 15 | 7 p.m. Curious about what it takes to conserve one of the most iconic ships? Join Director of Conservation and Chief Conservator Will Hoffman for a fascinating look at the groundbreaking techniques and conservation practices being used to treat USS Monitor's turret. Learn the challenges and accomplishments of this work and the future steps required to get the turret out of the tank and on public display. To join in person or

"On This Day" March 9, 1862 The first battle of ironclad ships takes place in the waterways of Hampton Roads when the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (Merrimac) engage in a five-hour fight that ends in a draw. | Virginia Museum of History & Culture

On this day March 9, 1862, two U.S. naval ships, U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia went head to head in Hampton Roads in the first-ever ironclad warship battle. >> https://bit.ly/3tM7ACa | 12 On Your Side