Next week, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum is set to open a new gallery honoring fishing families.
- Video shows a look inside the Wisconsin Maritime Museum’s new exhibit
- Set to open on January 17, the exhibit takes us on a journey from lake to dinner table
- The displays are based on work done by Wisconsin photographers Tom Kutchera and Jim Legault
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story)
The Lakeshore is home to many industries, but fishing may be the most historic. At the Wisconsin Maritime Museum a soon-to-open exhibit takes a dive into our and the families that feed us.
“We all have a fish story,” museum director Kevin Cullen said.
That includes some who fish for a living. So, it’s fitting “from lake to plate” is the title for the new gallery at the museum. Cullen is the co-currator of the exhibit.
“The history here is what we eat and the imagery captures the people being those fish,” Cullen said.
It’s the work of two Wisconsin photographers, Tom Kutchera and Jim Legault.