Name: Marine Museum presents Sounds of the Harbor, 2020
Start: 2020-07-18
End: 2020-07-20
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 2020-07-18 – 2020-07-20
Kind: Museum program
Where: place/beaver-island-marine-museum
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimemuseumsheritageeducation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Marine Museum presented “Sounds of the Harbor” on July 18, 2020, featuring historical whistles and horns. The Historical Society later posted the order and provenance of the demonstrated sounds.

Evidence limits

The organizer’s announcement and follow-up establish the program and artifact identifications, but not attendance or a preserved recording.

Sources

Beaver Island Historical Society, “Museum Week Event 7/18 ‘Sounds of the Harbor’,” Beaver Island Forum, July 17–20, 2020.
The Historical Society announced a socially distanced whistle-and-horn demonstration by Adam Fogg at the Marine Museum, then posted the sequence and identities of the sounds, including a Beaver Island sawmill whistle and a Fogg tugboat air horn. The thread does not provide attendance or a recording.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Marine Museum presents Sounds of the Harbor, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-marine-museum-sounds-of-the-harbor-2020/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society, “Museum Week Event 7/18 ‘Sounds of the Harbor’,” Beaver Island Forum, July 17–20, 2020..

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