Flashback Scuba Museum

Working on a 1:45 scale model of Cousteau’s ship Alcyone. Alcyone visited Tacoma in the 1980s and they filmed octopus off of Titlow Beach.

Some of our favorite US Divers packaging from the late 1950s

We have been organizing the museum and we have hundreds of unique items for sale or trade. Send us your wish list.

If you could pick only one set of Cousteau equipment over the years what would it be? What is your favorite period: The Silent World, Conshelf Habitats, Undersea World, Cousteau Odyssey, Rediscovery of the World? Are you a fan of the yellow and black or the silver?

Here are three more prototype regulators from the Nick Icorn Collection. Two VOIT and one possible Healthways.

Unknown prototype regulator. It is possible that it is the prototype to the Voit 50 Fathom or something else entirely. I have two other Voit prototypes also from the Nick Icorn Collection.

Have you read The Silent World by Jaques Cousteau? Have you seen the award winning film? If you have then you will recognize these tanks.

We have a few items from the US Navy Sealab Program. These are personal items from Walter Mazzone. He was a pioneer of saturation diving.

Head to a theater near you to catch a screening of Becomming Cousteau. The Flashback Scuba Museum contributed images and documents to the film. It’s always fun to see the collection on the big screen.

Cartoon from the 1975 John Denver special filmed aboard Calypso.

Britannic Poster.

Anyone need a project?

https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2018/11/24/the-curious-soviet-mini-sub-of-south-alabama/amp/

The curious Soviet mini-sub of South Alabama While running around South Alabama, I came across the sleepy sh*****ng capital of Bayou La Batre along the Mississippi Sound. The basis for Winston Groom’s (who grew up in Mobile County and f…

A short article about calypso and the planned exhibition in Malta.

Items from former Cousteau ship donated to Heritage Malta Items from MV Lord Strickland, which was later sold to French oceanographer and explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, have been donated to Heritage Malta A number of items related to the ship MV Lord Strickland have recently been donated by Charles De Micoli to Heritage Malta. Once restored, these...

A belated Mother's Day post. Enjoy!

Lessons from Jeju | Freediving and Motherhood with Kimi Werner Seven months pregnant and apprehensive of the effect motherhood would have on her career as a professional freediver, Kimi Werner took a trip to the island o...

Doing some spring cleaning at the museum. I will be selling some regulators, parts and accessories. Some rarities in the mix. If you have items you are looking for let me know. Thanks for looking.

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US Divers Aqua-Lung Trademark NOS One Piece Hose and Duckbill RARE! | eBay One piece hose mouthpiece assemblies are almost impossible to find. These are NOS and have never been mounted with no hose clamp marks. The mold seam line in intact. The Duckbill is also NOS in excellent condition.

Enjoy you weekend.

These women unlocked the mysteries of the deep sea — National Geographic On a record-breaking expedition in the 1930s, one group of women—a scientist, an artist, and a researcher—helped define the science of the sea.

For you viewing pleasure. Happy New Year.

World Without Sun This is "World Without Sun" by Cousteau on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Frogmen 1950’s from the archives.

Flashback Friday.

André LABAN, François DORADO et Ryan SPENCE, moments de partage entre collectionneur et mémoires vivantes de la Calypso.

An interview with Jacques Cousteau at the age of 65.

Jacques Cousteau on Atlantis and Cognac "We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what we think is the truth about it" - Jacques Cousteau in 1978 Intervie...

1946 La Spirotechnique tanks from the estate of Ernest Hemingway. On display at the Foss Waterway Seaport: Tacoma, WA

Cousteau divers on deck.

New arrivals. The tanks set is made from German surplus bottles from 1941. Last test was 1967.

New Cousteau documentary in the works.

National Geographic, Liz Garbus wade into Jacques Cousteau documentary National Geographic Documentary Films has greenlit a feature-length biopic on famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau from two-time Academy Award-nominated and two-time Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus. Cousteau (w/t) will provide a deep dive ...

Here is a rare behind the scenes look at the preparation of equipment for The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. You can see the two workers assembling the iconic yellow Hydrodynamic Aqualung. (Photo by ABC via Getty Images)