Events for September 16 - September 16 › Illustrated Lecture

2026-09-15T00:00:00-04:00
  • Seals and Society: Lessons on Conservation, Resilience, Research and Discovery

    Join us for an illustrated talk by community scientist and conservationist Andrea Bogomolni, who will be sharing insights into how we study seals, what we are learning about their place in the greater ecosystem and what seals are telling us about ocean and human health – and our human connection. Reception to follow.

  • From Glaciers to Gardens: How Earthworms Shaped Northeastern Forest Soils

    Join us at the Museum for an illustrated talk by Annise Dobson, Associate Research Scientist at Yale University, who will share how the history of earthworms in North America has been shaped by ancient glaciation, centuries of human-mediated introductions and spread, and multiple waves of biological invasion.

  • Evolving Landscapes: Olmsted, Design, and the Arnold Arboretum

    Join us at the Museum for a richly illustrated talk by William (Ned) Friedman, Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, who will take us on an exploration of Frederick Law Olmsted’s design legacy embodied at one of his most renowned and best-preserved landscapes: the Arnold Arboretum. Space is limited, registration is required.

  • The Blue Humanities: Reimagining America’s Maritime History

    Join us at the Museum for an illustrated talk by Associate Professor of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York, Christopher L. Pastore, who will give a fast-paced tour through America’s maritime history and explore how and why sea stories have changed over time.

  • Moldy Tombs, Feces, Corpses, and the Business of Fungal Decay

    Join us and Lighthouse Works at the Museum for an Illustrated Talk by sculpture artist Sam Shoemaker, a current LW Fellow, whose work is a collaboration between himself and living fungi. Based on his extensive experience with mushrooms this lecture investigates the companies leading this emerging market, examining what they promise and where enthusiasm for fungal sustainability runs up against the limits of biology.

  • Underwater Rainforests: Eelgrass Meadows Sustain the Sea

    Join us and the Fishers Island Seagrass Management Coalition (FISM) at the Museum for an Illustrated Talk by research scientist Dr. Olivia J. Graham, who will share insights from over 10 years of work studying the health of eelgrass in the Pacific Northwest.

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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