Some adult programs include workshops on gardening and floor cloths. Student programs include educational tours. For Girl Scout Troops the museum offers classes on the art of scrimshaw, painted rolling pins, sailor's valentines and painted merchant signs. The shop contains a large selection of books related to maritime life, arts, and history. In addition there is also a variety of books on Southern gardening, architecture and history.
Gifts related to the maritime theme of the museum are available for all ages.
The Ships of the Sea Museum is not equipped to provide research services, but we can help direct your search for information. The Mariners' Museum in Virginia provides quite a bit of research information on their web site . Full listings of other maritime museums are available here . For more information on Old South architecture you may be interested in the definitive ten-volume Architecture of the Old South book series available from Savannah's Beehive Press . They publish numerous books on Savannah and Georgia history, including the illustrated Savannah Revisited .