Ship Decorations and Awards: What Do They Mean? 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM Join our Curator and Director of Museum Collections, Shane Stephenson, for Deck Talks at the Naval Park! Learn about the ship decorations and the markings that adorn the ships. Awards are important to Navy vessels, and the crews proudly display them, but […]

Join the Buffalo Naval & Military Park on Friday, August 27 at 1:00 PM for a virtual discussion with Thomas Heinrich about his book, Warship Builders: An Industrial History of U.S. Naval Shipbuilding, 1922-1945. Published by the Naval Institute Press, Warship Builders is the first scholarly study of the U.S. naval shipbuilding industry from the early 1920s […]

Join the Buffalo Naval and Military Park's Curator and Director of Museum Collections, Shane Stephenson, for a special behind the scenes tour of the USS Little Rock. This tour will give an in-depth look at our collections and highlight some of the challenges in preserving these important artifacts for future generations. Visit spaces on board the USS Little Rock […]