To
fulfill this mission, the Center must:
-
encourage creativity, innovation and achievement among its staff within
a multi-disciplinary and collaborative environment;
- utilize advanced technologies and methods to conduct effective project
research and communication whether at sea, in the lab, at the museum, or
in the classroom;
- research, discover, explore, excavate, recover, preserve and display historic
artifacts, thereby pushing back the frontier of our knowledge of mankind’s
maritime past;
- study selected processes and characteristics of the sea, as they relate
to mankind;
- promote a wider interest, understanding and enjoyment of maritime history,
underwater archaeology and ocean studies by communicating its discoveries
in articles, books, web-pages, videos, films and other media, as well as
by exhibitions, lectures, seminars, field schools and other educational
work to a variety of audiences.
- secure the essential resources to sustain these activities;
Our
vision:
The
Center will be recognized as standing for a core set of values:
- excellence in underwater archaeology, maritime history and marine studies;
- leadership in the field of underwater exploration;
- independence and creativity in its research and communications activities;
- and its scrupulous attention to historical, archaeological and scientific
evidence.
The Center will be recognized as the leading
underwater exploration organization in the Americas, and will be seen
as an influential leader worldwide.
The Center will be seen as creative, effective and efficient and will be
regarded as a role model for similar organizations.
It will accomplish this by the quality of its staff, its use of the best
available technologies and methods to deliver its services, and its stability
through prudent management and effective fund-raising activities.
