Jim's Barrel on Display at Corpus Christi

Gallery of Cultural Encounters 

Corpus Christi  Museum of Science and History tells

 the story of the birth of  a French expedition by

Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle,  which sailed

from France to establish a colony in the New World. 

His ship La Belle shipwrecked in Matagorda Bay in

1686 near Corpus Christi.   The museum displays

artifacts recovered from the shipwreck as well as

replicas of those articles such as the barrel in this

picture which Jim reproduced.  The barrel was

custom-made to the exact specifications of those

which had been recovered from the sunken ship.

(PICTURE BELOW) Jim working on the barrel that

 would be on display at the Corpus Christi Museum.