February 7, 2022
Explorer Tara Roberts took up diving to learn about the human side of a tragic era. She wound up connecting with her family’s inspiring past.
August 22, 2019
A National Geographic explorer searches for forgotten wrecks that conceal family histories buried underwater.
May 22, 2019
The discovery carries intense personal meaning for an Alabama community of descendants of the ship’s survivors.
November 15, 2015
An interview with NMAAHC founding director Lonnie Bunch on the discovery of the Sao Jose.
June 2, 2015
The African American history museum officially announced during the ceremony that it will host wreckage from a centuries-old slave ship that sank off the coast of South Africa with slaves on board.