When people visit a museum, they tend to be drawn straightaway to the big, splashy exhibits. The smaller objects on display are frequently overlooked altogether. But as they say, the devil is in the detail. Sometimes it’s the minutiae...
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The Sag Harbor Whaling Museum is proud to present Chris Fischer and the OCEARCH team next Saturday, August 27th from 2:00 to 3:00pm. Their lecture on "Ocean First" and EXPEDITION NEW YORK will discuss their current endeavor...
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The Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum will hold Film Festival Shorts, new works by artists, with a premiere planned for Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. and a panel discussion scheduled for Sunday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m...
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First, Kathryn Szoka fell in love with the farm fields of North Sea—the wide, expansive swaths of land touched only by those who knew what to do with them...
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From working-class whaling port to upper-crust vacation destination, Sag Harbor has witnessed its share of societal changes over the years. And even though its fiercely loyal local inhabitants have fought hard to retain its core identity, this quaintly charming waterfront village has evolved, for better or for worse...
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This past February, 26 Pierson High School students traveled to Cuba as part of an educational tour. The visit was made possible thanks to the recent lifting of sanctions against the Caribbean island nation by President Barack Obama.
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The creative process of art-making — especially collaborative art, and particularly art that is the brainchild of a group of free-spirited students and teachers at Pierson High School — can be inspiring and uplifting. But at times, it can be a tad messy, too...
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An educational exhibit about the trip will open on May 7 at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum, Mr. Solow said. Student writings, artwork and photos will be on display, a student-created video with a Cuban musical soundtrack will be screened, and on May 8, trip participants will conduct a panel discussion.
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It’s not every day that a piece of historic Sag Harbor finds its way back home.
But that’s exactly what’s happened in recent weeks at the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum. It all started back in early fall when museum manager Greg Therriault and collections manager Richard Doctorow were approached by a private collector from North Carolina who had a powder horn which he purchased at an antiques show a few years ago...
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The Sag Harbor Whaling Museum is thrilled to announce this year's Holiday ornament! We've partnered with artist Donald Sultan and ceramist Mae Mougin to create our first ever hand-crafted and exclusive ornament for the 2015 holiday season.
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Our Town, an exhibit featuring Michael Butler and Barbara Hadden will close its almost two month run at the end of October at the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum, 200 Main Street in Sag Harbor...
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Barbara Hadden’s lovely “Sag Harbor Windmill at Sunset,” one of several recent paintings she’s exhibiting at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum in celebration of this weekend’s HarborFest, evokes a sense of storybook
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Throngs of people crowd Long Wharf and Windmill Beach to watch teams compete in the annual whaleboat races at Sag HarborFest each September. But lost on many is the fact that whaling, the very reason the...
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There’s more than meets the eye in Sabina Streeter’s mixed media portraits of iconic historic characters. Every image she creates represents decades of history, and hours upon hours of research into the lives of her subjects...
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The Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum would like to thank those who contributed to our Capital Campaign exhibition and fundraiser, SHARK! The Misunderstood Fish, over the weekend of July 10th, 11th and 12th. We could not be more grateful for such a giving community of friends and neighbors.
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Co-curators of Shark! The Misunderstood Fish and Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum board members Peter Drakoulias (left) and Stephen T. Lobosco (right) present an award...
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From a beach near his home in North Haven, Dan Rizzie is wading in Shelter Island Sound and feeling mostly unafraid—even with little sharks swimming around his feet.He has heard the stories of irresponsible or simply unlucky swimmers and seen the infamous 1975 blockbuster “Jaws.”
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When Richard Ellis began his work at the American Museum of Natural History in the early ’60s, one of his first tasks was to design a blue whale. That original 94-foot-long specimen, which hung in the Hall of Ocean Life as if in motion through the open sea, became iconic.
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It'll be a whale of a weekend. A marathon reading of the American classic "Moby-Dick" is returning to a Sag Harbor bookstore after more than a decade long hiatus.
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Dan Rizzie, an artist for more than 40 years, is best known for his colorful bird imagery. But whales have actually been on his mind for years. He was certainly thinking about them when he and gallery owner Peter Marcelle hatched up an idea to raise money for the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical...
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