Full Muster: Inclusive Histories on Historic Naval Ships

FAIN: ZED-283877-22

Intrepid Museum Foundation (New York, NY 10036-1007)
Jessica Lee Williams (Project Director: May 2021 to January 2026)
Jonathan Milard (Co Project Director: November 2021 to January 2026)

Three new positions and retention of 11 others to develop, test, and refine educational resources based on a comprehensive museum collection inventory.

The Intrepid Museum is proposing a one-year project that will draw upon collections resources across naval ship museums, as well as other museums and archives, to explore underrepresented stories in U.S. Navy service from World War II through the present. A diverse cross-section of Americans served in the Navy, at sea and at home. Yet too many stories remain untold. The project will broaden the narrative by amplifying stories of Black, Asian American, Latino, Indigenous American and LGBTQ+ service members. The project will result in three products: 1) a shared inventory of relevant collections from participating museums, 2) new education resource sets and 3) new interpretive content on the Intrepid Museum’s free accessible mobile guide, which facilitates navigation around the Museum. These resources will be shared with the broader ship museum community, expanding the capacity of museums across the U.S. to explore the contributions and complexities surrounding military service.