‘Jaw dropping’ exhibit celebrates 50 years of ‘Jaws’ at Martha’s Vineyard Museum

Movie history is on display on Martha s Vineyard The Martha s Vineyard Museum opened a special Jaws exhibit for the th anniversary of the blockbuster film Its constantly felt like a local story and sometimes when you put yourself outside of it you realize what a global phenomenon it was and something that is cemented in just general pop society history in the th century Anna Barber declared curator of exhibitions The exhibit features rare photos authentic props and original artwork from the movie We have two barrels from the movie including one that appeared on screen commented Kate Logue assistant curator We also have one of the harpoon guns that was used during filming that was owned by a local man The movie which was filmed entirely on Martha s Vineyard has become a large part of the island s history and way of life Countless locals even played extras and were involved in the production of the film We have a whole part of our exhibition dedicated to the islanders that were a part of the movie mentioned Cathy Mayone managing director of the museum Countless people were out on the water helping with all the production of the movie as well As part of the th anniversary the museum will host a special five day event in June featuring behind the scenes insight from those who were on set in the fictional beach town of Amity Martha s Vineyard is Amity and Amity is Martha s Vineyard disclosed Barber I think certainly for younger generations on the island there is humor there is pride there is a little bit of a recognition that this movie is pretty fantastic