The USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret is seen in the drained tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News on Monday, March 3, 2025. The turret is typically submerged in a caustic ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The Mariners' Museum has resumed work to conserve and restore the USS Monitor's turrent and other large artifacts from the Civil War ironclad. The work is being done in ...

For the first time in six years, the USS Monitor's turret tank is being drained, allowing visitors the opportunity to view the usually hidden turret.

Turret of USS Monitor visible at Mariners' Museum News For the first time in six years, the USS Monitor's turret tank is being drained, and that will allow people to see the usually hidden turret.

The Mariners’ Museum On certain days, the turret tank is drained so conservators are able to work inside it. Treatment includes removing interior plating, cleaning and stabilization. Library of ...

This week on The Civil War, American History TV visits the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia. The museum hosted a Civil War Navy Conference in early March to mark the 150th anniversary of ...

The Virginia museum that holds the turret of the sunken Civil War ironclad USS Monitor says it is closing the laboratory where the artifact is located because of a lack of federal funding. The ...

The USS Monitor, a Civil War ship which sunk off the coast of North Carolina in 1862, has been found in “astonishing condition,” experts have said, according to CBS News. The ship was ...

March 24, 2012 | Clip Of Identifying Human Remains from the USS Monitor This clip, title, and description were not created by C-SPAN.

Conservators at the Batten Conservation Laboratory Complex inside The Mariners' Museum, in Newport News, drained the 90,000 gallon treatment tank that houses USS Monitor's iconic revolving gun ...