On Sundays from 1-4pm, you can wander a room in Galesville's Captain Clack Marine Building looking at discovered artifacts. Take a look at an adz, a tool used for shaping timbers for ship framing, or see the slick, a chisel used to pare irregularities in timber. Last summer, workers discovered the third cannonball on their digging site. Time can be dated by the type of ammunition discovered. One of the most fascinating artifacts, according to Hall, is the dogshore, used to launch the vessels sideways from the shipyard.
Pictures depict the wooden apparatus in a chemical vat where it is being preserved.
When you visit the museum, you'll get more than meets the eye. Speak with Hall and the docent on duty. George Dattore, foundation treasurer, performs this duty on occasion. Together, they recreate the lives of the Stewards and offer tidbits of history correlating with that time period. They explain the significance of their project and of the discoveries to date.