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

By |2024-02-01T12:30:23-05:00February 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 |2024-02-01T12:32:40-05:00January 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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Gulf Stream Perspectives by Frank Bohlen

By |2022-09-12T10:56:10-04:00September 12th, 2022|Guest Speaker|

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

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Fishers Island Seagrass Management Coalition Plan August 2022

By |2022-08-30T13:51:18-04:00August 30th, 2022|News|

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

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ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2023

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F.I. Sketchbook 2005

THE SKETCHBOOKS OF CHARLIE FERGUSON

In the full sweep of Fishers Island’s history, there is no artist more synonymous, more closely associated with Fishers Island than Charles B. “Charlie” Ferguson. The main show features images from two of Charlie's sketchbooks which functioned as illustrated diaries that were filled with daily activities, nature observations, personal notes, and lots of art—drawings, sketches, and watercolors—in various states of completion.

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