2012 Special Display: The Garden is Open
“The Garden is Open”
Honoring the wonderful legacy of gardens and parties at Hoover Hall and Hooverness.
Exhibition currently on display at the Museum and continues through mid June.History of the Fishers Island Fire Department
An illustrated talk by HLFM Director Pierce Rafferty. He highlights how the Department and its associated emergency services have evolved with a focus on their remarkable record of dedicated training, service and accomplishment. Sunday, July 29, 2012. Time: 4 p.m. Place: Union Chapel.
“Coastal Ospreys, New York City to Boston: 150 Years of Beating the Odds.”
An illustrated lecture by noted osprey expert, Alan Poole, author of "Ospreys: A Natural and Unnatural History," (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989).
Sunday, August 5, 2012. Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Union Chapel.
Trip to Great Gull Island’s Tern Research Center
A trip to neighboring Great Gull Island which has large nesting concentrations of Common Terns and endangered Roseate Terns.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Time: 10 a.m.
Place: Commuter Ferry "Popeye"
Creepers and Leapers
Children's Program
Live frogs, snakes and salamanders provide an up-close introduction to the interesting adaptations of our native amphibians and reptiles. Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Time: 2 p.m.Place: The Museum Suggested donation $5.
Coyote Talk
An illustrated talk with Dr. Numi Mitchell, lead scientist and project director of the Narragansett Bay Coyote Study.
Saturday, August 11, 2012 Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Union Chapel
Inextricably Linked: Long Island Sound and Our Way of Life
An illustrated lecture by Chantal E. Collier, Director, Long Island Sound Program – The Nature Conservancy
Sunday, August 12, 2012. Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Union Chapel
Nocturnal Creatures
Children's Program
The nighttime world of raccoons, skunks, opossums, bats, frogs, owls and more will all be explored. Come learn about their unique adaptations and meet a live nocturnal animal. Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Time: 2 p.m.Place: The Museum
History of the Fishers Island Fire Department 2
An illustrated talk by HLFM Director Pierce Rafferty.
Sunday, August 26, 2012. Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Union Chapel.
“On the Playing Fields of Privilege: The Residential Work of Delano & Aldrich, 1903-1940”
Educator and architectural historian Derek Ostergard will give an illustrated lecture examining the work of one of America's most renowned architectural firms. The A.W. Dater house on Fishers Island, today Wakeman, was a Delano & Aldrich commission. Sunday July 8, 2012 Time: 4 p.m. Place: Union Chapel. Note: This talk was scheduled for last August, but cancelled at the last minute due to Tropical Storm Irene.
