Curator's Talk Jan. 24 Bridgehampton Whalers

John Mitty Thursday, January 10, 2013

“Bridgehampton Whalers – A Farmer’s Life at Sea”

CURATOR’S TALK, THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 12NOON: WILLIAM CORWITH HOUSE MUSEUM, 2368 MONTAUK HIGHWAY, BRIDGEHAMPTON

PHOTO ATTACHED: Glimpse of the Exhibit, showing “Barque Columbia of Sag Harbor,” a Claus Hoie original painting donated to the Bridgehampton Museum.

The second in a series of Curator’s Talks narrating the Bridgehampton Museum’s current exhibit, “Bridgehampton Whalers – A Farmer’s Life at Sea,” will be held Thursday, January 24^th, at 12 noon, at the William Corwith House Museum on Main Street in Bridgehampton.

This exhibit celebrates greater Bridgehampton area men who went to sea to hunt whales and later returned to retire as farmers. Using excerpts from whaling logs, art work by Claus Hoie, furniture once belonging to whaling captains, scrimshaw, and exotic mementos brought back from around the world, the danger, excitement and rewards of hunting the whale is revealed.

Fifteen original Hoie works have been donated to the Museum out of the generosity of the Helen and Claus Hoie Charitable Foundation and are beautifully arranged throughout the exhibit. A son and grandson of whaling captains, Hoie’s watercolors bring a breath-taking artistic component to the entire presentation.

Led by Julie Greene, the museum’s curator, the talk will be a casual tour through the exhibit, offering several additional layers of detail than most exhibits can convey by themselves. Excerpts of correspondences by whaling captains and their wives provide personal insight to this exciting time during the whaling era. Ms. Greene’s tours will continue once a month until the exhibit’s in March. Seeing the exhibit on its own is a treat, as it is filled with many artifacts and paintings to please the senses and is unlike any other local whaling exhibit to date. Observing it while learning tidbits Ms. Greene draws from her extensive research and memory is an excellent way to spend a winter afternoon hour.

The tour is free and open to all. The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm except for holidays. School groups are welcome. For more information call 631.537.1088, email bhhs@optonline.net, or visit www.bhmuseum.org.

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