 LAMP Director Chuck Meide lecturing to a group of home-schooled children
visiting the Lighthouse for our "Homeschool Days" program.Educational events and public presentations have always played a key role in the Museum's goal of bringing
education to the community. LAMP and the Lighthouse host a regular series of public events that highlight maritime
history and archaeology. Some of these events focus on fun and family, like our famous Lighthouse Festival, while
others are more academic in nature, including presentations by invited lecturers, dive training workshops, or our
upcoming Underwater Archaeology Symposium scheduled for March 2007. In addition to these major events, LAMP staff
have made numerous presentations throughout the region at schools, museums, civic groups, dive clubs, and other
organizations.
If you would like to schedule a tour of our laboratory and exhibits
for your organization, please contact our Director of Education, Kathleen
Hill, at 904-829-0745 or khill@staugustinelighthouse.com.
LAMP staff is also available for public presentations, as their
schedule will allow (a small honorarium is requested from organizations
able to afford one). Contact our Director of Education at the above
phone/email for further information or availability.
Upcoming events:
02 March - 27 April 2007
Traveling Exhibit: S.S. United States-Traveling exhibit on display at
the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, focusing on the 1950s Atlantic
liner, a maritime engineering marvel for its time. For more information,
email Kathleen at khill@stagustinelighthouse.com.
7 March 2007
Lecture "Underwater Site Types"
Speaker: Chuck Meide
An overview of the methodology used and the types of sites encountered by
underwater archaeologists. One of four lectures offered through the First
Coast Technical Institute (see course description above). The lecture open
only to those enrolled in the class.
10 March 2007
Boat Tour with Maritime Archaeologists
On board the Victory III, the premiere tourboat docked at the City Marina,
downtown St. Augustine. This event is a fund-raiser for the St. Augustine
Archaeological Association. LAMP archaeologists Chuck Meide and Sam Turner
will be presenting a personalized custom tour of St. Augustine's maritime
landscape as it was meant to be seen, from the sea. The Victory III departs
the City Marina dock at 8:45 am. The City Marina dock is just south of the
downtown side of the Bridge of Lions. Call Bob Stephens to reserve your
space on the boat at 808-7211.
14 March 2007
Sinkhole Dive Demonstration
Sorry, this event has been CANCELLED.
LAMP Divers will stage an underwater archaeology demonstration at Sheeler
Lake, a 20,000 year old sinkhole site with the potential to yield prehistoric
archaeological sites. Divers will explain the equipment and techniques used
for a preliminary reconnaissance dive. This event will take place at the Mike
Roess Gold Head Branch State Park in Clay County. Call Christy Pritchard at
904-819-6420 for more information.
17 March 2007
Lighthouse Festival
Fun for the whole family, the festival includes everything from pony rides
to archaeological exhibits and a maritime archaeology lecture series.
St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, all day event
Lighthouse Festival Lecture Series
(all lectures will take place in the Salt Run Community Center/ St. Augustine
Yacht Club, across from the Lighthouse on the water)
- 11am - Dr. Sam Turner, LAMP, "The Search for the Jefferson
Davis."
Dr. Turner will discuss the ongoing historical research and archaeological survey
to discover the remains of the ex-slave ship which became the most successful
privateer of the Civil War, which wrecked after its first and only cruise on the
breakers off St. Augustine on August 17, 1861.
- 1pm - Dr. David Switzer, Plymouth State University, "The Clipper Ship
Snow Squall: Bringing Home the Last of Her Breed."
Internationally recognized expert on nautical archaeology, Dr. Switzer will be
discussing recovery and conservation of the only American clipper ship remaining
in the world. During three expeditions to the Faulkland Islands between 1984 and
1987, the entire bow of this shipwrecked vessel was recovered and is now on
display at the Main Maritime Museum.
- 3pm - Mr. Chuck Meide, LAMP, "LAMP and the First Coast Maritime
Archaeology Project."
Chuck is currently the director of LAMP, and will overview the history of maritime
archaeology in St. Augustine and its future direction with the First Coast Maritime
Archaeology Project, a broad-based program of archaeological research and
educational outreach that will be funded through a state historic preservation
grant starting in July 2007.
20-22 March 2007
Underwater Archaeology Symposium
Various speakers. This three-day symposium is jointly sponsored by the
Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas Research Reserve and LAMP. Located at the auditorium
in the GTM Reserve Educational Center. Special Rates available at local hotel
in Vilano Beach for out of town guests.
31 March 2007
Lecture "Excavation of a Sugar Mill on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands"
Speaker: Chuck Meide
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, 11 am
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Past speaking engagements and events:
9 January 2007
Presentation "Update on LAMP's recent and upcoming research activities"
Speaker: Chuck Meide
St. Augustine Archaeological Association meeting, Salt Run Community Center, St. Augustine, 7 pm
- 9-30-06 Light and Color Exhibit
- 10-10-06 Home School Days, Digging History!
- 10-23-06 Lecture: "The Privateer Defence: A Revolutionary War Time Capsule"
- 11-11-06 Veteran's Day Celebration
21 February - 24 March 2007
Archaeology of St. Augustine and Northeast Florida
Short Course offered through the First Coast Technical Institute
This course is sponsored by the St. Augustine Archaeological Association,
LAMP, the Florida Public Archaeology Network, and the City of St. Augustine.
It consists of four lectures on successive Wednesday nights, plus two days
of field work with archaeologists, and is geared towards members of the
public interested in learning more about archaeology, especially if they are
interested in volunteering to dig on archaeological sites. One of the four
lectures is on underwater archaeology and will be presented by LAMP staff.
The cost for this course is $79 and those interested in enrolling should
download this flyer or call 904-241-0034 for more information.
24FEB2007
Presentation: Lake George, New York's
1758 LAND TORTOISE Shipwreck: The History and Archaeology of "The Lost Radeau"
Speaker: Joseph W. Zarzynski
Underwater archaeologist Joseph W. Zarzynski will present a program on
the flagship of "The Sunken Fleet of 1758," a British fleet from the Seven
Years War (French and Indian War). He will history, discovery, and
underwater archaeological study of the "The Lost Radeau," a strange
seven-sided floating gun battery, a type of floating fortress, that was
discovered by archaeologists in Lake George in 1990. The British warship,
lying in 107 ft. of water, is often called "North America's oldest 'intact'
warship" because of its incredible structural integrity, preserved by the
cold freshwater of the Adirondack Mountains waterway.
26-27 February 2007
CPR/First Aid Training for LAMP volunteers
Instructor: Rick Cain
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