August 27,2006

"SHIPS, EXPLORERS AND THE WORLD TRADE CENTER"

400 Years of Lower Manhattan Memories at India House in February 2010

Open to the public February 2-28, 2010

Hosted by India House Inc., One Hanover Square, NYC 10004

Exhibit Hours:Weekdays 11 – 3:30 and group tours by appointment

Presented by the India House Foundation

Curated by Margaret Stocker, Trustee

Suggested Donation:$10

Ships and explorers have come to the Hudson River for 400 years. In 1916 the burnt timbers of what some believe is a 17th-century ship's keel were discovered on the site of the future World Trade Center. An ancient anchor and a Dutch cannon were recovered there in 1967. These maritime relics are exhibited together in February 2010, along with a model of a new ship that commemorates the World Trade Center and honors America's maritime heritage.

Highlights of the exhibition include:

* the charred remains of a ship's bow excavated in 1916, long thought to be the ship's keel of Dutch explorer Adrian Block's Ship 'TIJGER', which burned off Manhattan in 1613, and a bronze cannon marked "VOC," property of the Dutch East India Company (Courtesy Museum of the City of New York);

* an ancient, 11-foot iron anchor hoisted from the construction site of the World Trade Center in 1967, where it had been buried for up to 300 years (Courtesy National Maritime Historical Society);

* a model and film of the USS NEW YORK, the Navy's newly commissioned (7 November 2009) Landing Platform, Dock Warship,made with 7.5 tons of World Trade Center Steel forged into its bow (Courtesy INTREPID Sea Air and Space Museum/ USS NEW YORK Commissioning Committee);

* documentary film footage from 1916 of the discovery of the Ship 'TIJGER' Keel and a section of Manhattan Company Water Pipe (1804) found during excavation for the IRT subway tunnel at the future World Trade Center site (Courtesy Brooklyn College Archives); and

* at the entrance to The India House: a steel artifact recovered from the World Trade Center. This will be a permanent reminder of the World Trade Center, the innocent victims, and the bravery of those who responded on September 11, 2001.

Group Tours: Margaret Stocker 212-877-9689 or info@indiahousefoundation.org

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