Dec 5 –

This month’s big news were visits by the new Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Port Vila and the Japanese Ambassador to Vanuatu. There’s also a story on the history of the Aviation Supply Depot on Santo and much more. We hope you enjoy the November newsletter that you can find here.

Nov 4 –

An interesting mix of stories this month. With everything from our latest donations and new staff members to unseen photos of the Coolidge, tales of a former landholder and of course the Coolidge commemoration, it’s been quite a month. We hope you enjoy the October newsletter that you can find here.

Oct 4 –

It’s been a frantic month for Marina and the team at the Museum, with a record five cruise ships docking in Luganville in September. Around 500 passengers came to visit us, still making the museum the number one tourist destination in town. Lots of interesting feature stories this month focusing on the World War II history of Espiritu Santo. From bombsights to Boyington, and even a ship that hit a mine but sailed on to dock in Luganville. All this and more in this month’s newsletter that you can find here.

Sept 6 –

An interesting month at the museum, with lots going on in the background, including lots more planning following an epic 5-hour board meeting. This month’s newsletter certainly has a Guadalcanal feeling about it, given it’s the 80^th anniversary of the famous battle. In fact one story comes from an amateur historian predicting the outcome while the other, the US Navy’s official historian, documents it. There’s also a story about George the cat, a battleship dwelling companion, paralympic heroes and much more. All this and more in this month’s newsletter that you can find here.

Aug 5 – July was a very special month for the museum. Tammi Johnson joined us from Kentucky to unveil the new USS Strong memorial. It has been created by the Museum to remember the 46 sailors who went down with the ship in July 1943. We’ve also got a great story on two amazing dives by Museum board member Mayumi Green and her husband Kevin on a Catalina and a WWII tugboat. Plus, we’re re-running the remarkable story of Hugh Barr Miller Jr. A Strong survivor who went on to fight Japanese forces single handedly, on a small island, before being rescued. All this and more in this month’s newsletter that you can find here.

Jul 5 – The June issue of our museum newsletter has just come out and features lots of news from Santo. We share in the great news that Solomon Airlines will again be flying the Brisbane/Luganville route, allowing tourists to fly here direct! We have also had a new intern join us from the United States who’s really ‘mucking in’ and making some fantastic changes to our exhibits. Plus some great work by New Zealand Navy divers and more great reading in this month’s Museum newsletter you’ll find  here.