The Thelma C Project is underway! Join shipwright Brian Johnson of Ocean Bay Marine (himself a former owner of the Thelma C) as he leads a team of volunteers and students to replace degraded planking and ribs, repair the ship’s rigging, and restore the diesel engine. Check out the workshop schedule here (PDF).
When Crab Was King:
Faces of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery, 1950-1982
In May 2011, KMM exhibited a series of twenty-four photographic portraits of fishermen, processing workers, bartenders, store owners and ordinary people who lived through the boom years of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery, which lasted from the 1950s to 1982. The 20” by 30” black and white images were shown at the Baranov Museum May 7 to June 1, coinciding with the Kodiak King Crab Festival. The images are now part of the museum's permanent collection and can be viewed online at "Projects Underway," as well as at Fishermen's Hall during public meetings. The museum is currently in the process of creating several more portraits and a traveling exhibit of the images and cell phone tour, which can shown at other museums around Alaska, and possibly the Lower 48. If your organization is interested in exhibiting the images and the cell phone tour, please contact KMM.
An audio cell phone tour accompanies the images, allowing visitors to hear the people in the portraits describe their experiences during the King Crab years. The audio tour was compiled from the museum’s ongoing oral history radio project, “When Crab Was King: an Oral History of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery.”
"When Crab Was King" is one of many oral history projects nationwide which seek to record the first-hand experiences of commercial fishermen and their communities. Find more on the National Marine Fisheries Services "Voices from the Fisheries" website http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/voicesfromthefisheries/
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New – Fall 2011! (PDF)
