"SHOWBOAT 'ROUND THE BEND"

June 2 - May, 2008

Waterfront Museum, Showboat Barge #79
Red Hook, Brooklyn

Upon a historic barge, this exhibition presents the history of the American showboat, an adapted barge that brought entertainment along rivers throughout the country -- everything from vaudeville to drama to moving pictures.

The exhibition includes panels displaying images of showboats, playbills, programs, production photographs and written descriptions, artifacts, oral histories of those who lived on these entertainment barges, video clips, a painted scrim, and a calliope on performance days (June 2 and October 21-22).

Public viewing is on Thursdays from 4-8 p.m. and during CIRCUS Sundays in June and SUNSET CONCERTS in July. Transportation choices and directions may be obtained from http://waterfrontmuseum.org/gallery/2007/press.html. Group and school tours are available by appointment at dsharps@waterfrontmuseum.org.