Spritsail Volume 39, Number 1: Summer 2025
From the Editors Racing Thistles at Woods Hole Yacht Club By Richard S. Taylor The Crew of the Malabar IV By Kevin A. Swope Japanese Emperor Visits Woods Hole: A ...
New 2025 Exhibit – A Fruitful Collaboration: The Woods Hole-Japan Science Connection
On a 1975 goodwill tour to America, Emperor Hirohito of Japan—long interested in marine biology—made a special visit to Woods Hole to talk with scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). This exhibit features archival photos from the visit and historical background about the Japan-Woods Hole science connection, and is part of a collaboration with WHOI, MBL and Highfield Hall and Gardens in Falmouth, which is featuring a Japanese print exhibition over the summer.
Women Artists of Woods Hole: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Inspired by art collector and summer resident Marcella Garber Polisar Katz, this new exhibit highlights the museum’s collection of paintings, prints and other works on paper by women artists of Woods Hole. The 24 featured artists include Maria Denny Fay (1820-1890), Peggy Clark Kelley (1915-1996), Mary Mavor (1925-2005) and Joan Kanwisher (1924-2019). The exhibit also includes a color illustration by Julie Child from her recent donation of more than 500 works to the museum.
Spritsail Volume 38, Number 1: Summer 2024
From the Editors In Tribute: Olivann Hobbie and Beth Ready Liles Memories of Edward Gorey By Leonard Miele Dance as a Woods Hole Tradition From the Archives, with contributions by ...
Antique Nautical Chart Donated to the Museum
The museum was given a generous donation of “A Chart of the Harbor of Wood’s Hole Massachusetts Including Sailing Directions” dated 1857. This original chart is in excellent condition. ...
Mainsheet Fall-Winter 2021
The museum was given a generous donation of “A Chart of the Harbor of Wood’s Hole Massachusetts Includ-ing Sailing Directions” dated 1857. This original chart is in excellent condition. The donor, Linda Kohn, is a member who used to reside in Woods Hole and now lives on the West Coast. She donated it in memory of her husband, Henry I. Kohn. “Thanks for bringing us to Woods Hole - Linda, Annabel and Lars”
January 4, 2022 – Visual Reminders of the Past Acquired in 2021
As the repository of the community’s history, the museum welcomes and encourages donations that are visual reminders of the area’s past. In 2021, we received four donations that showcase Woods ...
Mainsheet Summer 2021
Farewell and thank you to Tom Chilton! After six years of designing, building and installing exhibits for the museum, designer Tom Chilton and his wife Christie have moved to Colorado. ...