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Bridgehampton Whalers - A Farmer's Life at Sea

John Mitty Thursday, December 6, 2012

EXHIBIT EXTENDED THROUGH March 2013, WILLIAM CORWITH HOUSE MUSEUM, 2368 MONTAUK HIGHWAY, BRIDGEHAMPTON

PHOTO: Glimpse of the Exhibit, showing an 18^th century feathered cape brought back from South America.

By popular demand, The Bridgehampton Museum’s current exhibit, “Bridgehampton Whalers – A Farmer’s Life at Sea,” will be extended through March 2013 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.

Beginning Thursday, Dec. 13^th at 12noon, The Museum’s curator, Julie Greene, will casually narrate a walking tour through the exhibit, offering several additional layers of detail than most exhibits can convey by themselves. Ms. Greene’s tours will continue once a month until the exhibit’s closing at the end of March. Seeing the exhibit on its own is a treat. Seeing it while listing to Ms. Greene’s enthusiastic and engaging interpretation of events and context is a delightful way to give yourself a gift in the midst of this holiday season.

The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm except for holidays. For more information call 631.537.1088, email bhhs@optonline.net, or visit www.bridgehamptonhistoricalsociety.org.

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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