A Perfect Maritime Match

Award-winning photographer Bobby Baker is also the proprietor of the Bobby Baker Gallery, Cataumet, MA, which in 2026 marks its 10th year of showing professionally displayed art in a charming, well-preserved 1800’s Cape Cod barn.

This post was originally part of our My Favorite Exhibit series, in which we invited artists and art professionals to discuss the most meaningful art shows they've been involved in.

In early 2020 I was invited to show a selection of my photographic art at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis. 

As I would with any invitation to show my work, I paid a visit to the museum, met the curator, and got a feel for the exhibit before committing. Well, I was blown away on my visit.

The curator, Don Stucke, possesses a wealth of knowledge of the Cape’s maritime history and the museum was fascinating with descriptive historical displays, and even a boat building shop – I loved it!

My art is created using the Cape’s coastal elements; the museum and my black & white artwork were a perfect pairing.

The exhibit was to run from Winter to Summer 2020, but come that Spring, Covid-19 dictated that the museum had to close. As restrictions lifted some, the museum began an abbreviated schedule for the public, and the exhibit continued into 2021 for visitors to enjoy.