We are pleased to announce the major new exhibition Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea, featuring the collection of diver and researcher John Moyer, Salvor in Possession of the wreck. Save the date for the opening reception on Thursday, June 16, 2022, 6–8 PM. The exhibition will then be on view through June 2023. A small preview exhibition is on view now at 1000 Richmond Ter, Bldg D, Staten Island, NY

The SS Andrea Doria was the pride of postwar Italy. A glamorous transatlantic ocean liner, she was a “floating art gallery” and a marvel of mid-century modern design. She also carried Italian immigrants to new opportunities in America. On July 25, 1956, the Swedish liner MS Stockholm collided with her when she was en route to New York. What followed was one of the most dramatic and well-documented rescues in sea history.

This exhibition was created with the guidance of survivor, educator, author, and filmmaker Pierette Domenica Simpson, who is the gatekeeper of Andrea Doria survivor stories. The museum staff is grateful to her. To learn more about her work, visit Andrea Doria: Are The Passengers Saved? The Movie.