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| CLAIMED BY THE SEA; LONG ISLAND SHIPWRECKS AT SPLIA GALLERY THROUGH JAN. 09
Explores one of the most enduring themes of Long Island’s history. In the age before modern navigational aids, Long Island waters could be treacherous, particularly the ocean approaches to New York and the turbulent stretch of the East River known as Hell’s Gate. The inspiration for this exhibit came from the Society’s own collections pertaining to this subject as well as those of other regional museums. Claimed By The Sea can be viewed at our Gallery in Cold Spring Harbor through January 2009.
Visitors will see a wealth of paintings, prints and artifacts depicting such well known maritime disasters as the steamboat, “Lexington,” a 19th century version of the Boston shuttle, which burned off Eaton’s Neck in 1840, the Cunard Liner “Oregon,” lost off Fire Island after a collision in 1886, the cruiser, “USS San Diego,” the only major American warship lost in the First World War and the Italian luxury liner, “Andrea Doria,” which went down in the waters between Long Island and Massachusetts, after it collided with the Swedish freighter, “Stockholm” in 1956. Also on exhibit is a model of the “Savannah,” the first steamship to cross the Atlantic which was lost off Fire Island in 1821.
Sure to send a chill down your spine the section of the exhibit featuring a mast fragment and other artifacts from the Schooner, “Louis V. Place” whose crew froze in the rigging after the ice encrusted schooner grounded near Patchogue in 1895. Human drama crosses with artistic expression in this exhibit featuring lithographs by Currier & Ives and paintings by such well-known marine artists as Antonio Jacobsen, the “Audubon of Steam Vessels” and James Bard whose superb portrait of the ill-fated steamer, “Seawanhaka” is included.
Institutions loaning to Claimed By The Sea include Suffolk County Historical Society (Riverhead); Long Island Maritime Museum (West Sayville); Mariners’ Museum (Newport News, VA); Museum of the City of New York; Mystic Seaport (Mystic, CT) and Naval Historical Center (Washington, D.C.); artist, Gary Viskupic and members of the local diving community including Captain John Bricker, Adam Grohman and Mark Silverstein.
The SPLIA Gallery is located in Cold Spring Harbor at the corner of Route 25A and Shore Road (across from the fire house) and is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11AM – 5 PM (Admission $1). If you have further questions, please call the Society’s headquarters at (631) 692 – 4664 SPLIA Gallery at (631) 367-6295 or visit our website at www.splia.org.
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| THE LONG ISLAND APPLE FESTIVAL IS SEPTEMBER 28TH AT SHERWOOD-JAYNE FARM IN E. SETAUKET
The sights and sounds of traditional harvest activities will enliven the pastoral setting of the Sherwood-Jayne House on Sunday, September 28th from 11a.m.-4:30p.m., when the 19th annual Long Island Apple Festival takes place.
The festival is held at the Sherwood-Jayne House, an 18th century farmhouse that retains its original apple orchard, where some of the trees are over 100 years old.
The whole family will enjoy a host of activities including old-fashioned games like apple-on-a-string, apple relay races, tug-o-war, create an apple-head doll, pony rides and an open-hearth colonial cooking demonstration. You might also like to participate in the Apple Pie Baking Contest, or tour the historic Sherwood-Jayne House. There will also be traditional music, an old- fashioned hay ride, colonial storytelling, craft demonstrations and many other events for people of all ages.
(Some of these activities will have an additional charge.)
This community event is sponsored by Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, Homestead Arts and the Three Village Historical Society.
Admission: $6.00 adults, $4.00 seniors and children (ages 2-12)
For more information call: 631-692-4664 or 631-751-3730
Email: splia@aol.com Website: splia.org (click on events page)
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