BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 18, 2024
Maine Maritime Museum in Bath has just opened a new exhibit featuring rarely heard or appreciated sounds, called “Lost and Found: Sounds of the Maine Coast.” The sonic installation features recordings of swelling tides, rumbling lobster boats and distant, offshore bell buoys by Portland sound artist Dianne Ballon. The show also gives voice to some of the museum’s long-silent artifacts, including century-old, hand-cranked foghorns and shipboard bells from vessels scrapped decades ago.