THE BOUNTY LIVING LIBRARY
THE PEOPLE
WHO REMEMBER
HER
A living archive of the people who sailed her,
worked on her, maintained her, documented her
and carried her story into the world.
LIVING ARCHIVE
THE STORIES BEHIND THE SHIP
The 1978 Bounty was more than timber, steel and rigging. She was a working ship, and her story lives in the people who sailed her, built her, maintained her, repaired her and carried her into the world. The Bounty Living Library brings these lives together with the records, photographs, films, publications and other evidence that help document her history.
TWO PATHS INTO HER STORY
The Historical Archive
preserves the documented history of the 1978 Bounty replica — what happened, when it happened, and what the surviving evidence tells us.
Bounty Keepers – The Storytellers preserves the personal experiences,
recollections, adventures and memories
of the people whose lives crossed paths
with the ship
Every contribution has a place. Some tell us what happened. Others tell us what it was like to be there.
KEEPING THE KNOWLEDGE ALIVE
THE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
The documented history of the 1978 Bounty replica.
New FACTS, photographs, documents and articles are being added as the
Bounty's history is rediscovered.
THE WIDER BOUNTY COMMUNITY
BOUNTY KEEPERS - THE STORYTELLERS
Every ship leaves a story in the lives of the people who knew her.
The Bounty Keepers preserve the personal stories, memories and experiences of the people whose lives crossed paths with the 1978 Bounty replica.
From a brief encounter to years spent aboard, every contribution has a place. These are the voices, recollections, photographs and family memories that bring the ship's history to life.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL
TO HAVE A STORY THAT MATTERS.
THE BOUNTY HERITAGE KEEPERS ARE PART OF THE LIVING LIBRARY.
THE LIVING LIBRARY
EVERY VOICE ADDS A PAGE TO THE STORY
Not every Bounty story needs to become a full archive.
Sometimes it is a memory.
A photograph.
A passage.
A moment at sea.
A friendship.
A skill learned.
A story passed down through a family.
Bounty Voices preserves those moments too.
Each contribution becomes part of the Living Library creating a growing record of the people whose lives have crossed paths with the ship.
Joseph (Mac) McGuire on HMAV BOUNTY (1979)
Photographer: Brendan McGuire -Date: Circa 1979
Collection: New Zealand Maritime Museum — Bounty Collection Object ID: 2024.11.8 Collection ID: 89629
Reproduced with permission.
THE LIBRARY IS ALIVE
The Bounty Living Library is being built one story at a time.
New photographs, memories, documents, publications and first-hand accounts are being added as they are discovered and shared.
Some stories have already been preserved. Others are still waiting to be told.