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Dianne Ballon\n\n\n\nLocated in the historic shipbuilding city of Bath, Maine, the Maine Maritime Museum includes exhibits dedicated to the past, present, and future of Maine's storied waterways. For lighthouse buffs, there\u2019s an exhibit called \u201cInto the Lantern: A Lighthouse Experience.\u201d Opening this past February, the exhibit \u201cLost and Found: Sounds of the Maine Coast\u201d is a collaboration between sound artist Dianne Ballon and the Maine Maritime Museum. \n\n\n\nDianne Ballon (left) and Catherine Cyr recording a fog bell on the grounds of the Maine Maritime Museum\n\n\n\nCatherine Cyr\n\n\n\nThe exhibit looks at navigational warning systems from buoys to foghorns, past and present. It investigates the idea of lost and found maritime sounds and invites visitors to reflect on how sound affects our individual and collective memory. Interviewed in this episode are Catherine Cyr, associate curator of the Maine Maritime Museum, and sound artist Dianne Ballon, who is the creative mind behind the new exhibit.