On Sunday: A Whale of a Party in Sag Harbor

This summer the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum will celebrate with a bit of extra enthusiasm the opening of the summer season: For the whaling museum has had an unusual local round of successful fund-raising giving the festivities a bit of something extra to be appreciative of. 

As unusual the kick-off party to celebrate the seasonal reopening of the museum will be Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join the museum for the ultimate kick-off party and bring your friends and family to celebrate the re-opening of the Museum and raise funds for the ongoing capital campaign to restore the museum!

Tickets cost from $25 for children, $75 for adults, and $200 for families of four. There is also a special Huntting House Sponsor Ticket that includes tickets for two adults, two children and a Sag Harbor Whaling Museum annual membership. All tickets include food, drinks and dessert. For additional information and to help support the ongoing restoration of Sag Harbor’s Historic Whaling Museum, visit the website for the event http://summerkickoff53602830d3621.splashthat.com/

There will be a “Rolling in Dough” food truck making wood-fired, brick-oven and dancing all night along with music by DJ Mister Lama. And you can't have pizza and dancing without beer and ice cream... The Montauk Brewing Company is is serving up iced cold brews and Sylvester & Co is bringing down their signature dreamy blend iced coffee and ice cream. There will also be wine from Channing Daughters and juices from Bai5, plus salads, snacks and much more.

Also on view will be the “Whale of a Show” exhibit opening, May 23. The show will feature a “Salt Air Exhibition II,” curated by Sag Harbor artist Dan Rizzie and gallerist Peter Marcelle.

This year’s party also celebrates the successful fundraising drive on behalf of the museum as reported in the Sag Harbor Express.

All proceeds, according to the Sag Harbor Express, will go directly toward the three-phase restoration of the Benjamin Huntting House, which began last year with repairs to the building’s exterior, including the restoration of finials on the roof and gutter repairs, as well as a full repainting of its exterior—a project estimated to cost at least $260,000.

As of Wednesday evening, fundraising for the porch had reached $22,355 of the the goal for the porch which is $24,750.

The Capital Campaign for the restoration of the building is also proceeding with tremendous success: with more than $200,000 of $260,000 raised thus far. The restoration of the museum is an ongoing project and plans could extend several years into the future.

“This could be a two to five year restoration plan, but we are in this for the long haul,” Ms. Barbara Pintauro-Lobosco, the head of the museum’s board said. “We love this building and we want to make sure we can use it in a way that serves the whole of our community.