NOAA Funds Art Exhibit at Isle Royale National Park Exploring the Impact of Marine Debris

Isle Royale National Park unveils a new exhibit focused on Marine debris and its impacts on the park and Lake Superior. With funding assistance from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program, the Isle Royale National Park has hosted a Marine Debris Exhibit at the Rock Harbor Auditorium during the 2024 visiting season. The exhibit was created by artist Mariah Reading, with contributions from Adrienne Wallner and David Mainero.

Great Lakes Regional Coordinator for NOAA’s Marine Debris Program Haley Dalain says that the exhibit offers a powerful way to engage visitors and get them thinking about how marine debris impacts the park and shores of the Great Lakes. The installation, a hands-on Cabinet of Curiosities, includes items artistically created using debris, blackout poetry, and artist-in-residence works. The debris within the installation was provided by the Superior Watershed partnership and was found at various locations on the Upper Peninsula’s north shore.

Those interested in learning more about the NOAA Marine Debris Program can find more details here.