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First osprey sighting on Middle Farms nest in 2023

By |2023-03-21T13:48:45-04:00March 21st, 2023|News, Osprey Blog 2023|

Two osprey were spotted on Middle Farms nest early Tuesday morning March 21, 2023! A special thanks to Carolyn Ross for providing the screen capture and exciting news. Live Osprey Cam

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2006 Annual Exhibition: SHIPS ASHORE! Wrecks and Rescues on Fishers Island

By |2023-03-15T10:13:00-04:00February 2nd, 2023|Virtual Exhibit|

ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2006 SHIPS ASHORE! Wrecks and Rescues on Fishers Island Curated by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty Tug Shawanese Ashore Near Silver Eel Cove April 1911 Copyright Mystic Seaport Collection, Mystic, CT The tug Shawanese slammed into Fishers Island in the middle of the night on March 30, 1911. The Day reported that

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A New Settlement and Town

By |2023-01-14T19:55:42-05:00January 12th, 2023|Exhibit Gallery|

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

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Work and Workers

By |2023-01-14T19:55:56-05:00January 12th, 2023|Exhibit Gallery|

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

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2022 Annual Exhibition: Year Round – A Celebration of Community

By |2023-01-17T14:46:43-05:00January 10th, 2023|Exhibitions, Virtual Exhibit|

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

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Osprey visit Middle Farms nest before migration

By |2022-10-04T12:30:30-04:00September 23rd, 2022|News, Osprey Blog 2022|

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

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Osprey rivalry at Middle Farms nest

By |2022-09-13T13:03:09-04:00September 13th, 2022|Osprey Blog 2022|

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

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ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022

Dr. Ralph Hoch leading the 1978 Memorial Day parade from a red MG driven by Eddie White. Photo by Charlie Morgan.

YEAR ROUND: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY

The main show chronicles many aspects of the Island’s year-round community with a focus on work, school activities, recreation, and annual events that help bring the Island together.

NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM

This year’s Annual Exhibition is open virtually on this website.

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