The East Hampton Historical has announced a special presentation by Sean Decatur, President of the American Museum of Natural History, entitled Bringing the ‘Monster’ to Manhattan: The Amagansett Whale, Roy Chapman Andrews, and the American Museum of Natural History.
In 1907, the largest North Atlantic Right Whale ever recorded was hunted and “tried out” in Amagansett. Sean Decatur explains what happened next when Roy Chapman Andrews, one of the luminaries of the American Natural History Museum. appeared on the beach in Amagansett.
Taking place at Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street in East Hampton, the presentation is free of charge with a reception to follow. Reservations are strongly suggested and can be completed here.
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