She earned her Bachelors in History and Anthropology from the State University of New York at Oneonta. Meet the Curator: Robyn King is pursuing her master’s degree in Museum Studies and Nonprofit Management through Johns Hopkins University. Navy Seabee Museum for the grand opening of two new exhibitions, WWII Pacific Theater and Cold War on Saturday Januand see the different types of trench art and trophies the Seabees brought home with them. Navy Seabee Museum must go through the process of becoming inert certified before being displayed in the museum.Ĭome visit the U.S. As material potentially presenting an explosive hazard (MPPEH), every piece of ordnance donated to the U.S. Each shell casing measures a height of 2 inches.Įach shot glass is marked inert which means they are chemically inactive. They were most likely manufactured by the Symington Machine Corporation in Rochester, N.Y. The bottom of each shell casing is marked “S.M.C. Nichols of the 73 rd NCB donated his collection of memorabilia to the museum in the 1970s which included a set of 6 trench art brass shot glasses made out of 20mm projectile casings from cannon shells. With projectile casings all around them as they worked, they spent their down time collecting them and crafting trench art. As they island hopped around the Pacific Ocean to Roviana, Sasseville, Munda, Banika, and Peleiu, they kept the desire for souvenirs with them. The souvenir craze first hit the 73 rd NCB on Guadalcanal with the abundance of Imperial Japanese shells, sea shells, and grass skirts. Trench art souvenirs illustration from the 73rd Seabees cruise book (U.S.
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