ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 YEAR ROUND: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY VITAL SERVICES THREE CHURCHES Three Fishers Island churches, circa 1914. Photograph by Brown and Dawson. Museum Collection The original Union Chapel is featured at left, Our Lady of Grace Church at center, and St. John’s
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 YEAR ROUND: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY A NEW SETTLEMENT AND TOWN Map of Lots on Fishers Island, Embracing the Highland Range, May 1, 1878, traced 1919. Museum Collection. The original of this map was produced just two years after the island-owning Fox family began developing
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 YEAR ROUND: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY WORK AND WORKERS Capt. Nash of the Steamer Munnatawket, circa 1905. Courtesy of Diane Franford. An early and long-serving employee of the Fergusons’ private Navigation Co. (founded in 1890), Capt. Nash lived on Fishers Island in a house filled
THE HENRY L. FERGUSON MUSEUM ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 Year Round: A Celebration of Community Year Round This year’s Annual Exhibition acknowledges, celebrates, and honors the people, organizations, and recurring events that support and bind our Fishers Island community together throughout the
On the morning of October 4, 2022, an American bald eagle visited Middle Farms osprey nest to feed. Osprey Cam
On September 15, 2022 one of the juvenile osprey briefly stopped by Middle Farms nest for a final visit of the season. Moments after leaving, another osprey flies by the camera but it is not clear if this was the sibling, one of the adults – or another osprey. The clips below capture two
Beginning late August the two juvenile osprey were rarely seen getting along on Middle Farms nest, as competition for fish – and the osprey nest became more regular occurrences. The clips below capture some of the battles through the beginning of September. As the days are getting shorter, it is expected that the osprey
Gulf Stream Perspectives by Frank Bohlen Hosted by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty This recorded illustrated talk by Frank Bohlen, physical oceanographer and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Connecticut, was presented September 11, 2022. Examination of the history of exploration from the 1850s
The Fishers Island Seagrass Management (FISM) Coalition has developed a plan to protect the threatened but vital resource of eelgrass beds in Long Island Sound. The FISM coalition, a group that represents a variety of stakeholder interests, established a goal of protecting all of Fishers Island’s eelgrass, as it is an important resource in
Birds In Winter: Surviving The Most Challenging Season by Roger Pasquier Hosted by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty This recorded illustrated talk from August 28, 2022 highlights why we should think about birds in winter during August. Here on Fishers Island and throughout the Northern Hemisphere many birds are already
