Q&A: Peter Seibert
Courtesy Independence Seaport Museum. In late September, the Independence Seaport Museum (ISM) of Philadelphia received two substantial grants to fund new research in recognition of its work in preserving and sharing the history of the Delaware River waterfront. Both grants, one from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and the other from the William Penn Foundation, will support ISM’s forthcoming African American oral history project. Separately, the Naval History and Heritage Command awarded ISM its 2022-2023 Maintenance Excellence Pennant for work done to preserve Cruiser Olympia. ISM’s president and chief executive officer,