The Mariners’ Museum at Newport News, Virginia, USA, has named Elliot Gruber as its new President and CEO.

Elliot Gruber comes to The Mariners’ following two high-profile assignments on the national stage. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Resource Development for the United Way of the National Capital Area. Prior to that, he was vice president and COO for the Gettysburg Foundation.

He was elected after a lengthy search following the resignation of Dr. William B. Cogar, who left the Museum in late 2011.

During his time at the United Way, Elliot Gruber helped lead the organisation to substantial revenue increases achieved by widening its donor base. In eight years at The Gettysburg Foundation, he helped raise more than $100 million to build the new Museum and Visitor Center in Gettysburg. He has a 30-year not-for-profit organisation background.

The May 2013 eNewsletter from Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, USA is now available to view. Click here.

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From the Bronze Age.

A replica of a 4,000 year old craft has just paddled out on a short maiden voyage in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. Christened the Morgawr after a mythical monster of Falmouth Bay, she is a 50-foot long, six-ton replica of a Bronze Age boat, which was built by a team of fifty volunteers over the last eleven months at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

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Hong Kong's new Maritime Museum at Central Pier 8 was officially opened by Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Mr. C Y Leung on February 25, 2013. Mr Anthony J Hardy, Chairman of the Museum, Mr Richard Wesley, Museum Director and Mr Tung Chee Chen, Chairman of HKMM Trust shared the platform with the Chief Executive. Celebrities in political, business and cultural circles attended the reception which followed the official opening.