Years in the making—with conservation completed at the Texas A&M Conservation Research Laboratory—the timbers and artifacts of La Belle will be featured in a multi-faceted exhibit organized by the Bullock Texas State History Museum with the Texas Historical Commission, the Musée National de la Marine, and Texas A&M University.
The Process
For more information on the conservation work undertaken by the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University see their reports and photo galleries HERE.
The Book
La Belle, the Ship That Changed History (TAMU Press)
The Exhibit
See this incredible project in a new exhibit at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas where “more than 100 artifacts and a live-action reassembly tell a story that was lost at sea for 300 years.”
Or visit the museum exhibit online HERE.
Reconstructed hull remains lifted from the conservation tank for inspection.
