HSTI Luncheon & Learn | The Stories of Anne Bonny and Mary Read | Mar 13, 2025

The Stories of Anne Bonny and Mary Read
By Hook or By Crook
Christine Brin
Maritime Historian

Luncheon Lecture

March 13, 2025  11:00 AM

The Historical Society of Topsail Island is proud to present Christine Brin, associate education curator at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, NC
About our speaker…

Christine Brin is an experienced museum educator, maritime historian, and public speaker with more than 20 years of experience in museum education. She is currently an associate education curator at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, where she primarily oversees the museum’s public programming. She has a special interest in the Golden Age of Piracy and women’s history.

Christine earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Montclair State University and a master’s degree in history from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She has held educator positions at several institutions, including the N.J. Museum of Agriculture on the Rutgers University campus and Plimoth Plantation ( Plimoth Plantation is now called Plimoth Patuxet Museums and is located in Plymouth, Massachusetts.).  Career highlights include working as an interpreter aboard Mayflower II, coordinating the N.C. Maritime Museum’s annual Murder Mystery Dinners, and engaging with the museum’s many visitors each year.

Christine is passionate about creating educational and engaging programs that combine history and science by exploring the influence of culture and environment on maritime history. When she is not at the museum, she enjoys spending time with her husband and their two wonderful children—who are quickly growing into involuntary maritime historians.

Presentations Offered by Christine Brin:
By Hook or By Crook: The Stories of Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Trying Women: A History of Women in the Whaling Industry
A Pirate’s Table: The True Pirate Treasure
Maritime Myths and Legends: Sea Monsters
Maritime Myths and Legends: Mermaids
Civil Air Patrol: Coastal Patrol of WWII
Love at Sea
History of Santa Claus
Golden Pirates of the Silver Screen
Going at Sea: A Brief History of Maritime Waste Management

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