Lecture – Lost, Unknown, and Then Found: The Great Museum of the Sea

Name: Lecture – Lost, Unknown, and Then Found: The Great Museum of the Sea
Start: 2025-11-13T18:30:00-06:00
Location: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Schedule

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

McFaddin-Ward House Museum | Beaumont, TX

Join the McFaddin-Ward House Museum for “Lost, Unknown, and Then Found: The Great Museum of the Sea,” a free public lecture presented by James Delgado on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Visitor Center Lecture Hall (1906 Calder Avenue, Beaumont).
Maritime archaeologist, television host, and award-winning author James Delgado will take a deep dive into fascinating undersea mysteries and how they are solved, peering into storied shipwrecks and detailing undersea exploration.
The ocean is the largest museum on earth with more than a million lost ships resting in its depths, some dating back millennia, and Delgado has spent decades working around the globe in this fascinating world through underwater exploration. He has worked on some of the most famous shipwreck sites in history, including the Titanic, the lost fleet of Kublai Khan, the USS Arizona, the fabled “ghost ship” Mary Celeste, and the atomic bombed fleet at Bikini Atoll. His expeditions have solved long-lasting undersea mysteries and connected the modern world with powerful, human stories from the past.
During his 46-year career, Delgado has served as executive director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum, as both executive director and president of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, and as director of the Maritime Heritage Program for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. He also hosted the popular television documentary series, The Sea Hunters, for its full six-season run.
Delgado holds a Ph.D. in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University. He has published actively in leading archaeology and history journals and has written, co-authored, or edited more than 33 books on archaeology and history, most recently The Great Museum of the Sea: A Human History, released in July 2025.
McFaddin-Ward House Museum lectures are admission-free and open to the public, but space is limited. Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, call 409-832-2134.
For those unable to attend, the full lecture will be available for viewing on the museum YouTube Channel (youtube.com/@mcfaddinwardhouse), Facebook (facebook.com/McFaddinWardHouse) and website (mcfaddin-ward.org/about/videos) after the event.